Scout may have made me a mom, but I didn’t earn my strips until today. I thought I knew everything about being the perfect mom… and then along came Lou to teach me a thing or two about humility. It’s hard to believe that it’s been one whole year already. ONE WHOLE YEAR! I didn’t […]
FollowOne Final Takeaway
July 25, 2010
The favors at my sister’s wedding involved a photo booth. So much more fun and clever than a chintzy photo frame. What? You had chintzy photo frames at your wedding. Well, I’m sure they were very nice and did not at all end up in a landfill er, I mean recycle bin… So, umm… yeah. […]
Five Wedding Day Survival Tips
July 14, 2010
I severely underestimated how stressful it would be to get my very young children ready for a wedding. Severely. I figured, my kids go to Mass every weekend and *usually* behave reasonably well. How bad could my sister’s wedding be? I hadn’t even considered the days leading up to the wedding, which were spent towing the hair-thin line between overstimulated […]
Instant Weight Loss Plan
July 13, 2010
Here is my sure-fire, instant wedding weight loss plan. Works every time. Promise. Avoid being photographed, standing next, or otherwise being seen with your two (childless) younger sisters who best resemble chopsticks… especially when one of which is the BRIDE and therefore supposed to look better than you… Off-center, blurry photo courtesy of Scout. More on that […]
A Wedding Toast for My Sister
July 11, 2010
Hello. I’m Grace. I’m the older sister of the bride, which means I have plenty of embarrassing stories to tell about her, but I won’t do that to her. At least, not tonight… I actually have an embarrassing story to tell about me. One of the first times I met Alex was at my son’s baptism. […]
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