I woke up this morning utterly exhausted because G & L kept us awake all night. However beyond the exhaustion, I felt relief. Relief that America came to their senses to give Obama four more years. For me the choice was obvious because I am a non white gay hag woman who is not AmericanContinue reading “Beb-election night: Congratulations President Obama”
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Hurricane Sandy aka Frankenstorm – part Two
When hurricane Irene came, DH and I argued about whether to duct tape our windows or not. Irene did affect our lives, though not by flooding our apartment in Harlem: we got bored, we drank and we probably conceived L then. When hurricane Sandy came, half of Manhattan turned pitch black and was flooded. In our smallContinue reading “Hurricane Sandy aka Frankenstorm – part Two”
Hurricane Sandy aka Frankenstorm – part One
When hurricane Irene came, DH and I argued about whether to duct tape our windows or not. Irene did affect our lives, though not by flooding our apartment in Harlem: we got bored, we drank and we probably conceived L then. When hurricane Sandy came, half of Manhattan turned pitch black and was flooded. In our smallContinue reading “Hurricane Sandy aka Frankenstorm – part One”
Benchmark
What most people think is often not what they feel. What most mums say is always never what they feel. Why? 1- because we are probably afraid to scare our partners, husbands, wives shitless. If husbands, partners etc. start looking at you worryingly it’s better to say you are fine, right? I mean, do youContinue reading “Benchmark”
Life swap
The week end when DH and I were going to have a stay-cation in the children’s godfathers’ Chelsea pad had finally arrived. Hallelujah ! Of course the kids got a bug and were vomiting right, left and center. I was really tempted to hide that information from Archibald and Thor in fear they would bailContinue reading “Life swap”
My ‘A team’
To start with, as a sort of disclaimer for the following post I have to say that I am a hands on stay at home mum who changes diapers (reluctantly), cooks variably healthy meals for her kids, organizes play dates if there is wine for adults, does an average of 12 wash loads a weekContinue reading “My ‘A team’”
One, two…and three
DH and I gave up. After 2 weeks of sleeping in the living room, a failed attempt to share again our bedroom with L (which basically means L taking two thirds of our bed, DH the other third and me being squeezed between the two) we decided to put L in his brother’s and sister’sContinue reading “One, two…and three”
Anatomy of a sleepless night
G & P, the twins, are sleeping in their room. L is sleeping in our room as DH and I are back to our bed after 2 weeks of failed sleep training. Benjamin our best mate in college is visiting from Paris and is sleeping on the sofa bed. 1.30 am P is screaming at the topContinue reading “Anatomy of a sleepless night”
Being a ‘normal’ family
As I was waiting for someone to help me get my stroller down the stairs at the Rockfeller Center because the elevator to the platform was down I saw one poster announcing a new show on NBC: ‘the new normal’. Intriguing. ‘The New normal‘ seems to be about gay parenthood via surrogacy. National broadcast isContinue reading “Being a ‘normal’ family”
Help, I need somebody, help!!! (the screechy Bananarama version)
I am having a meltdown about the mess in my house. I have grown accustomed to releasing control over the state of my living room. Over the last two years I have tamed my obsession for minimalist design to accept the presence of a toy chest, which when closed was a rather stylish bench. ThisContinue reading “Help, I need somebody, help!!! (the screechy Bananarama version)”
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