Happy Halloween!
The Pirate was a Pirate last year, so in an effort to come up with something new, I thought I’d have her dress up as her household nemesis – the Garden Gnome.It didn’t go well. So, we had to pull last year’s costume out of the closet, despite the fact that it’s way...
I’ll Have a Cookie
Taking another break from my family vacation stories but I will get back to them as they’re mostly written already anyway.I often lament my woe that the Pirate is an “only child.” That’s not really a fair statement because she does have 2 half-brothers who are just...
Pass Me a Tissue Please, Part II
Back to the family vacations.There wasn’t a Stuckeys where we didn’t eat Pecan Log Rolls, and there probably wasn’t a stretch of highway where we didn’t pull over so I could puke. This was pretty much how it went. They would drive, I would puke. Once when we were home...
The Pirate Does NYC
We took the Little Pirate to NYC for the weekend. It was a mix of unexpected snobbery with sides of nastiness and a few scraps of genuinely good behavior. I almost don’t know what to think anymore of the place I’ve considered “home” for my entire life.The bouts of...