by Mary Carver | Aug 30, 2010 | Family Life, Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
Friday morning, unfortunately, brought a reprise of the Major Meltdown (does that make anyone else want to salute, ala How I Met Your Mother?) of earlier in the week. It wasn’t quite as bad, but I also didn’t react nearly as well. And that’s an understatement. I blew...
by Mary Carver | Aug 28, 2010 | Giving Up on Perfect
During my Blog-Warming Party, I gave away a copy of Just Between You & Me: A Novel of Losing Fear and Finding God by Jenny B. Jones. And then I promised a review . . . which never happened. Until today. It’s happening right now. In case you hadn’t figured that...
by Mary Carver | Aug 26, 2010 | Family Life, Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
On Monday night, Annalyn woke up crying. Actually, it was technically Tuesday morning. Whatever you call it, it was dark – what we call “sleep time” in our house. She didn’t calm down on her own (and it’s strange for her to do this in the first place), so I went in...
by Mary Carver | Aug 25, 2010 | Giving Up on Perfect
Over the weekend, Mark was listing the many benefits of getting a new, fancy television. Again. He explained that, now that many stations are going to HD, our not-that-old TV isn’t the right shape. So the sides of whatever we’re watching are getting cut off. And that...
by Mary Carver | Aug 24, 2010 | Giving Up on Perfect, My Life
Who out there was an Ally McBeal fan? Do you remember their unisex bathroom? How weird was THAT? Maybe it’s progressive or hip or mature. (Or sumpin’, as my daughter is STILL saying.) But I think it’s just . . . icky. And awkward. Extremely awkward. Because sometimes...
