We’ve started trying to add to Baguette’s movie preferences. We had no luck with Cinderella (she only likes “The Work Song”) or Sleeping Beauty, and Lilo & Stitch got no...
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Our New Normal (For Now)
“Normal” is open to interpretation. That’s true for every family, but I’ve really come to understand the concept better since Baguette’s autism diagnosis. Actually, I knew it before her diagnosis–but...
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There Is No Serial Killer in the Back Yard
When I was in college, I injured my knee and spent six months in a knee immobilizer. This meant that when I was flying, I met every person in the...
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How Was Your Weekend?
Ours started a day early, kind of. On Friday, Baguette’s cast came off (huzzah!). What was her response to this development? Sock all gone. I got a foot! At the...
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Date Night?
Do you go on regular Date Nights? We don’t. The last movie Mr. Sandwich and I saw in the theater was True Grit. Hey, it could be worse. It could...
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I’m Glad I Don’t Live in Gotham City
This morning I went to Target and Whole Foods (what demographic does that represent, I have to wonder?). At the latter, I found the gourmet chocolate display, which included several...
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Netflix
When a DVD arrives from Netflix, J and I put it on top of the television. And there it sits, until we watch it. The problem is that while our...
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Pretty in Pink?
Remember how Molly Ringwald’s character in Pretty in Pink cut up a darling dress and made it into a monstrosity? Remember how no one who saw the movie liked that...
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Enchanted
There Will Be Blood has been sitting on top of the TV for–I kid you not–two months. Clearly we are not maximizing our Netflix subscription. Or maybe we’re just not...
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I Should Be Working Out
But I’m not. However, that still is one of my goals for this afternoon, while J is off on a road bike ride in Malibu. It’s been a busy weekend,...