Kaiser Mommy

Choose Joy. Every Time.

Keepin’ the spark alive

Excerpt from a recent email conversation btw Scout and I (italics are my commentary) Me: Call Kaiser’s old pediatrican’s office and see what you need to fax for release (I then supply numbers like a good wife.) Alex tinkled on the big boy potty. (Yes, we already put the baby on the potty – I’m home all day, it breaks the monotony of the diapers.) Scout: Called pediatrician.?Ǭ† Got answering.. Read More

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My mom had brought me boxes and boxes of stuff I’d never taken when I’d moved in with Scout. These boxes went straight on the truck, unopened, when we moved to the land of the vices. I’ve been unpacking, and I ran across this: Here it is enhanced. In case it isn’t immediately obvious what it is: Can someone please, please explain to me what freaing marketing ploy got me.. Read More

Just a normal day.

Today was just a normal day. We woke. We took a photo. We got lost in town. We went to the Farmer’s Market. We went to see Scout at work. We talked to my SIL. We napped. While Alex napped, I read. And my heart was touched many times. MetroDad – who lost his friend From the Frontlines – who knew her husband would fight and defend The Dana Files/This.. Read More

Six years ago today I sat in class, learning about this, wondering why my teacher cared about it on that particular morning. Too immature to give him the credit to realize he just hadn’t seen the news yet. Today, I’m having an all day moment of silence, no blogging or commenting. (I’m sure I’ll still read, because, hello, addict. But I need to be quiet today.) I’m going out with.. Read More

My Scout

Last night as we were going to sleep, I noticed a familiar photo on Scout’s computer. It was the banner to Alex Year One. I don’t know if he’s ever read it before, I’m thinking not, because he turned the pages and scrolled down the pages and spent time reading it. As far as I can remember, Scout’s never read anything I’ve written. Save for a very excellent parody of.. Read More

My sister

I met my sister when I was 17. I was a camp counselor. I had 6 13 year old girls I was in charge of for one week. K. was one of my girls. We shared the same middle name, freckles and tendency to sunburn. After the week was over she sent me letters, I replied. I ended up going to college in the town she lived in, so I.. Read More

Is that Tom Cruise in my closet?

Eh. Okay, I tried to be funny. Guiding truths for my closet, adopted today. 9/8/7 (cool date!) A) Buying organic, free trade things and throwing out all my perfectly good clothes does not make me a better consumer, it makes me worse. Therefore I will keep everything in my closet until it 1) doesn’t fit 2) is worn out 3) I hate it so much I would go out naked.. Read More

Information overload

Okay, hard plastic bottles are bad, chemicals in clothing are bad, buy organic, buy free trade, buy local, can, jar, preserve, CFL light bulbs, all toys will kill your baby, water conservation, global warming, rising gas prices, walk more, drive less, drugs are bad mmmkay, cloth or disposable, spit or swallow, attachment parenting, cry it out, exercise more, vaccines – lifesaver or evil, smoke less, who will be president, Iraq.. Read More

oh… right… motherhood

Yesterday I had that sucky realization that while my baby was laying beside me being cute as a pig in …. that I was more sucked into the computer than paying attention to him. When I’d read this a bit ago I knew it was striking a chord. I fell into a bad habit. I read the computer when I pump. A lot of times I pump right after Alex.. Read More