Pavlina: Life is Not For the Living

We found a nanny. Whew! What a ride that was. Of course, I’ll believe it when I pick her up at the airport. In other news, I went to H Mart last weekend. What a place! I got like four different kinds of noodles (soba, spinach ones (?), curly ramen and Udon), I got some [...]

Let me tell you. My life is quickly spiraling out of control. I really though by this time we would have found a nanny to look after Martin and Emma, but no such luck. My mom is leaving on Sunday. This makes me happy because she will finally be gone and I can go through [...]

I don’t usually talk about this kind of thing…ssshhhh, be quiet. Don’t tell anyone. It is a dirty (ha ha ha) secret, but I do occasionally have to clean my house. I hate, no, strongly dislike cleaning, but I like things clean. I undervalue dusting because I am short and since I can’t see the [...]

Emma hates to sleep. She refuses to take naps during the day, she gets overtired, then she falls asleep at night only to wake up a couple of hours later, screaming. She refuses to be comforted, no rubbing or patting allowed. I either have to give in and nurse her or we let her CIO. [...]

Two thumbs up. What a great product. Here is the link to the Clinique web site. I have tried many a make up remover. From the Clinique foaming cleanser, to the Clinique gel cleanser, to the Clinique Take the Day Off solvent, to soap, to Cetaphil, to Dove towelettes. All of the above were okay, [...]

Most Mondays and Wednesdays find me in Safeway for my lunch. My allergist is across the street and it is a convenient stop. I am sick fed up of it though. The sandwiches are terrible. I went today and they had a “new” Cuban Pork Panini. Sounds good, I had a momentary lapse of judgment [...]

I went out shopping among the huge throngs on Saturday. I had a JcPenney gift card burning a hole in my purse, and I needed some new fluffy slippers as mine had somehow managed to peel apart at the front making walking in them impossible. I had really only intended to go to JcPenney’s, but [...]