http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark Ever-Fixed Mark is an unsentimental look at the adoptive process and adoptive parenting. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:26:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Husband took the boys on a whale watch this weekend, so I planned a solo lunch and kayak trip for myself. I have many friends who would do anything to avoid eating alone in public, but it's one of my favorite things to do, as long as I have ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/09/09/table-for-one/ I took Minor to the children's museum in Dover this weekend, and at lunch I amused myself with this copy of the Rochester, NH Times: Happy Ramadhan, Seacoast Muslims! Have some bacon. The editor's ham-fistedness (get it?) was more than offset, though, by the flair evidenced elsewhere in the paper. Prepare ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/08/29/rochester-welcomes-its-muslim-neighbors/ Aitch is very impressed with the fact that he is now Six, and he expects you to be impressed, too. He is continually buttonholing (took me a few minutes to light on that, after rejecting pigeon-holing? Punch-holing?Corn-holing?) people with the information: "Did you know, I'm Six now?" ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/08/28/six/ My office was relocated to a different building even closer to the Moroccan cafe where I was getting my morning and afternoon coffee, so now I'm visiting up to three times a day. Ramadhan started recently, and I feel terrible coming in and ordering food and drink when all the ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/08/26/crazy-horse-with-no-name/ Aitch has always been wary of the kayak, but since we got back from vacation at the Tyler Place (gah! we left the day that Julie and Julia arrived! Am still imagining the Vermont Mommy Blogging summit that might have been) he has been talking about trying to paddle the ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/08/14/moses/ Me (reading e-mail): Hey, it's Occupation Week at Minor's pre-school this week. Husband: Darn, I forgot to pack his little Nazi uniform. Me: Funny, that's exactly what I was picturing. http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/08/08/warped-minds-think-alike/ This summer, we've benefited from some non-toxic pest control methods taught to us by others. (What can I say? Minor loves fruit, and the universe is his trash receptacle.) Forthwith, the only Hints from Heloise you're ever likely to get from me: Ants: My housekeeper kills ants ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/08/05/they-check-in-but-they-cant-check-out/ I survived my 14-hour round-trip with the boys and had a really nice reunion with my Peace Corps friends this weekend. We drank a lot of wine and told a lot of our stories about each other and absent friends, but we spent an inordinate time reminiscing about the ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/07/20/food-glorious-food/ While Husband is planning his big Renaissance weekend, I have also been planning a reunion of sorts. A Peace Corps friend of mine who lives in Cairo, P., is on the east coast for the summer, and we are planning to take the boys on a road trip to ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/07/14/the-winos-that-i-know/ Periodically, Husband gets together with three of his old high school buddies for a boys' weekend. Husband and two of the three friends enjoy similar modes of relaxation, chiefly urban and Scotch-fueled. They have a fourth friend who is a musician. For unknown reasons they decided to let him plan ... http://wanderingbarque.com/everfixedmark/2009/07/08/the-mead-hangover/