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So, about the Common Core…
Everyone’s griping about near impossible Common Core curriculum. In some circles, the term has become a choice expletive. You hear harassed moms shaking their fists and venomously muttering the phrase under their breath.
In my limited experience, it should probably be renamed “63 Inane Ways of Doing Simple Addition” curriculum.
Sometimes the curriculum dictates that my first grader to do ...
Mommy Meltdown
It's been one of those days. The last straw was glass-splintering-decibel-level screaming from downstairs JUST as I sat down on the metaphorical throne to pee. I run out, barely even done, only to find the kids feverishly yelling from one floor down - asking if Missy M could eat rice with her hands.
I blow up. I ...
16 Things Every New Parent Will Discover
Last week, the husband's brother and wife (to clarify, his brother's wife!) had a precious baby girl. She's far away in India and while we wish we could squish her and eat her cheeks up, we have little choice but to be content with Skype chats and pictures.
Huberoo has been dispensing free advice to the newly-minted parents - fulfilling ...
Weekend Chow-Wow: Honey Toast Cafe
Our weekends usually include one or two (who am I kidding? SEVERAL) meals out. I bid adieu to all culinary constraints and indulge without - thinking about - the bulge.
So, from here on out begins the Weekend Chow-Wow series - it's a Pow-Wow for foodies. I'll record our weekend's gorging, binge eating, face stuffing, food sampling indulgences. Maybe through ...
No Tall Tales Here
Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start...
Chapter 1: The Quest to Conquer
I entered this realm a rather tiny baby. My mother, somewhat concerned, made several visits to the pediatrician who assured her that as an adult, I would be taller than my mom, barely five feet tall herself.
Thirty five years later I, quite ...
Seems egghausting, if you ask me!
Yeah, I know it's not even close to Easter and I'm pulling out the corny egg puns. But I wanted to lead with a joke.
Like this one:
Did you hear about the company that pays women employees so they can freeze their eggs?
That almost sounds like the start of a sexist joke. What it purports to be, though, ...
One man down every night
It’s something Ranjit and I love to do together: watch TV at night. Specifically, watch TV where bad guys are chased and captured. The scenarios pop up with regularity - the fearless and indefatigable CIA agent, the bad guy who is Arab, Russian or Chinese, top-secret files and classified documents all over the place and the sounds ...
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