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Posts from ‘April, 2009’

Our house…in the middle of the street

*If you didn’t start humming that song, I just don’t even know if I can be friends with you anymore* So, here it is…all 7 minutes of it, so it’s long and rambly, but if you want to tour the Casa de Mayhew, have a gander. A “gander” <—heh, I’m getting my Georgia lingo on [...]

Who’s in charge around here??

Oh HAI! Remember that chick that used to write here with some regularity? The one that might or might not have promised to finish a post about the Whirlwind weekend…which, JUST because it says “Part 1″ does not contractually bind the blogger to produce a “Part 2″…it’s just implied. You heard rumors of photos of [...]

The Whirlwind, pt 1

Holy CRAP. The kids and I began a marathon of activity Thursday night that has left me sore, exhausted and in deep need of a pedicure. I haven’t had time to blog, sleep or think and it’s just going to get better! This is long, rambly, unorganized, not very well written and I almost NEVER [...]

Leukemia for Dummies

You know, it’s been a while since I did this, but there has been a sudden influx of new readers who may not know what the big deal is about all the follow up angst I suffer with each monthly oncology visit for Peyton. So, here’s a quick “Cliff Notes to Peyton and Leukemia”. Peyton’s [...]

#FreeAnissa

A Berkeley student who was covering an anti-government protests in Egypt managed to get a single word out to his friends via Twitter: Arrested. A pretty tremendous series of events unfolded over the next days and the college ended up getting him a lawyer and helped get this young man free. That’s fairly impressive no? [...]