Here we are, nearing the end of the second semester of the first year of the first of our four children’s evacuation from the nest. I didn’t write about the halfway point, in January, because I didn’t feel like wallowing. And to be honest, I didn’t … [Read more...]
The Surreal Housewife Blog
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Smells Like Serb Spirit
On Saturday, January 7, to the delight of some and dismay of others, the full, half- and quarter-breed descendants of Serbian immigrants to Amador County will celebrate the other Christmas Day, complete with shotgun (blanks) announcements of the … [Read more...]
Bralettes: And Now You Know the Rest of the Story
Ahhh, the bralette. That name didn’t exist when I wore them in the '80s. I don’t remember what they were called back then, but I do remember they were comfortable, and cute, and they didn’t make me want to murder an entire household of lovable pets … [Read more...]
(Some Kind of) Santa is Coming to Town!
Here we are, already up to our aspics in the holiday season. By the time this goes to print, the country will be high on Black Friday savings from all those zeros they rolled up and smoked (legally) after not handing them over to store clerks for … [Read more...]
Verbal Turducken: It’s What’s for Dinner!
For the last several years, I’ve written about the Thanksgiving experience. They’re not necessarily my own experiences, but more a compilation of those I’ve heard about through my quarter-century on this planet. For example, one year, I wrote about … [Read more...]
Safewords for Everyday Situations
I’m getting right to the point this week; no beating around the bush (pun possibly intended). The world needs safewords in everyday situations—now more than ever. To be clear, I’m brand spanking new to the whole concept of safewords, but I know … [Read more...]
Breaking up is hard to do
And, he’s off. My firstborn child. Not quite off the face of my planet, but he’s not in my face either, dammit. My friends with younger children, who are not babies, but not quite at the high school home stretch yet, have asked me what it feels like … [Read more...]
College: It’s not for babies (or the sniffles)
Very soon, I’ll be heading to Reno, to drop off my son at his new home on the 7th floor of a dormitory building, where he'll live in a room that’s likely smaller than our family room with two other young men for the next ten months. The longest we’ve … [Read more...]
The Great Ball-less Summer of 2016
This summer is going to be HUUUUUGE. First, our eldest son, my firstborn, graduated from high school. In August, he’ll be leaving the shoe and moving about three hours away, where he’ll be learning the fine art of working without a net. I have … [Read more...]
High School Seniors: Up, Up and Away
Graduation is in a couple days, as of the time of this writing, and the boy leaves for college in mid-August. That’s right, my firstborn is about out of the nest, both the rickety personal nest he lives in and the larger nest of our family home. He’s … [Read more...]
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