http://www.sothefishsaid.com/ en Copyright 2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:49 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss My favorite part of every year has always been the first time, around here it is generally in early to mid-March, when you get a string of two or three or four days that promise Spring. The mercury inches toward... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/03/march_idyll_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/03/march_idyll_1.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:49 -0500 This morning, as soon as the yard boys finish hauling away the first round of our storm-damaged trees, I am heading out to be fitted for a pair of running shoes. I have been putting this off for weeks, because... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/03/purchases.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/03/purchases.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:13:59 -0500 Scene: Beth, Chris and Owen are playing on the guest bed Beth: Owen, did you poop? Owen: No, Daddy toot.... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/03/important_life_skills.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/03/important_life_skills.html Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:21:02 -0500 Hello! I am on large doses of steroids! Oh, no reason, I just really enjoy the side-effects. Like the anger. And the eating everything in sight. (Seriously, I had two lunches today and several snacks and finished dinner an hour... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/all_i_do_is_eat.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/all_i_do_is_eat.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:00:23 -0500 Hey, you guys wanna see a picture of me naked! Too bad, here it is! And before you even start, she messed up my legs and crossed them out to start over. You need not make the obvious joke. And... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/budding_artist_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/budding_artist_1.html Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:49:36 -0500 I am considering instituting a strict "you put it away or I throw it away" policy at my house. And applying it to my husband. I am considering what to do when Child 2 falls in love with a toy... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/considering_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/considering_1.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:24:11 -0500 From Owen's birthday party yesterday:... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/cupcakes_are_serious_business_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/cupcakes_are_serious_business_1.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:52:00 -0500 http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/scenes_from_a_birthday_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/scenes_from_a_birthday_1.html Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:45:53 -0500 Sweet Owen, Two years ago right now I was in labor. Right now you are playing stickers and telling me for the nine hundredth time the story of the jack-in-the-box ("pop weasel, round and round, open, monkey in there!"). You... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/owen_two_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/owen_two_1.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:33:16 -0500 I don't want to talk about the snow, or the shoveling, or how many trees we have lost, or how many of those trees were lost into my next-door neighbor's driveway or in how many places the collapsing trees took... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/800_pound_gorilla_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/800_pound_gorilla_1.html Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:03:49 -0500 The view of my deck from my kitchen window.... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/22_inches_give_or_take_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/22_inches_give_or_take_1.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:56:30 -0500 I was nineteen the first time someone called me ma'am without irony. I was horrified. I was nineteen, nineteen! I was not a ma'am! My chagrin lasted for several years, as the ma'am-ings became more and more frequent. At some... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/old_miss.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/old_miss.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:55:48 -0500 Mia is better but a maniac from the drugs. Owen is sick and screamed his head off all day today. This is all you get from me. Owen was accepted to preschool yesterday. He'll start in September if he is... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/tidbits.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/tidbits.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:48:44 -0500 Stuff I made last week. Or rather, stuff I made last week that I don't think I've told you about before. Vegetarian Pho - I used this recipe, and while the broth was cooking Chris said it was the best... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/eaten_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/eaten_1.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:33:55 -0500 On Friday morning, I took Mia to the pediatrician for a follow-up on a minor issue she has and, since she had started in with a touch of a runny nose and a mild cough on Thursday and since my... http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/weekend_1.html http://www.sothefishsaid.com/2010/02/weekend_1.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:13:40 -0500