Archive for July, 2007
Friday, July 27th, 2007
open letter to the nice people NOT at BlogHer
so, i live in a bubble. an occasionally glamourous bubble, filled with plague and exciting hospital visits, true, but a bubble nonetheless.
i didn’t even know BlogHer existed until people started announcing they were going last March.
in my naivete, upon discovering this fascinating tidbit, i turned to my fellow bubble-dweller, and squeed, “there’s a conference! a [...]
43 Comments » - Posted in stuff stuff, stuff to be done by bon
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
i stole this post
i stole it from Whymommy.
i don’t normally make it a habit to theft things from people, particularly people undergoing chemotherapy. i know Whymommy wants no pity - and thus the pity party horns are tweet, stomp, erm, shove under carpet silent here - but undergoing the rigours of chemo does nonetheless get one a bit [...]
11 Comments » - Posted in issue stuff by bon
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
free speech for all
i’ve been talking to Oscar since before he was born…nattering on, internally and out loud, telling him about the colour of the walls and the name of the kitty and what mummy would really like to be doing instead of laundry. much of which i would never dare repeat here, for fear of y’all’s [...]
40 Comments » - Posted in issue stuff, mama-baby stuff by bon
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
how i spent my summer vacation
i don’t want to start any blasphemous rumours
but i think that god’s got a sick sense of humour…
(because every summer holiday needs a Depeche Mode soundtrack. so sunny.)
so, we departed Wednesday afternoon for Dave’s family reunion. Oscar’s pinkeye was clearing, and i’d gone into work to get caught up on what i’d [...]
29 Comments » - Posted in coping stuff by bon
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
mr. pink
so, that stomach bug? the one that dogged us for a week and made me tired and sad?
it’s left town.
but somebody else moved in to fill the void, just in case i was lonesome for my friendly neighbourhood pharmacist.
Oscar has pinkeye.
yeh, i’m waiting for the punchline too.
we’ve put our departure for Dave’s family reunion [...]
29 Comments » - Posted in stuff to be done by bon
Monday, July 16th, 2007
a plague on both your houses
…or was that a pox on both houses? oh literate readership, weigh in. but Shakespeare can’t have meant me, in any case. i only have a rather modest little home. we don’t even have a cottage. surely my humble abode doesn’t deserve no nasty plaguepox…?
but it’s got it, dammit. [...]
26 Comments » - Posted in mama-baby stuff, smitten stuff by bon
Friday, July 13th, 2007
time
the days at work slip faster than days at home did
my deepest resources
of patience
mines of tunneling to sustain self
and small one too
less taxed now, if lonelier
for touch
but we are both content
so far as i can tell
so far as he can tell
my arms more patient
greedy now when he is in them
still time for playing blocks [...]
23 Comments » - Posted in mama-baby stuff, pondering stuff by bon
Monday, July 9th, 2007
the postpartum body
pssst. come in a little closer. i got a secret. or a confession. or something to shout from the rooftops, i’m not sure which.
i bought a bathing suit. first one in about four years.
and the experience did not send me into paroxysms of self-loathing. not when i bought it, [...]
48 Comments » - Posted in milestone stuff, pondering stuff, relationship stuff by bon
Sunday, July 8th, 2007
requiem for mah buttonz
Wordpress, why u steal all mah buttonz when i updates u?
i has nice sidebar buttonz. lots. dey shiny. i likes dem. where u puts all mah buttonz? why u takes bling?
blog so nekked now. i is sad.
halp?!? okay byez.
16 Comments » - Posted in coping stuff by bon
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
the bossy meme
i’m not very good with being told what to do. the infinitive imperious tense (okay, i made that up…it is my secret shame that i’m an English teacher with no clue about formal grammatical terms) does not bring out my innate graciousness. rather, my back goes up, my head tilts, my left eyebrow arches, [...]
