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She’s standing. She uses me to get up and then lets go. I was crying because they’re just getting so big but then she started to eat a paper towel so I’m okay now.
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It’s funny, because I’m not all that friendly!
People talk to us. We have to plan extra time into any trips out into the public, because people talk to us.
I try to be polite. Yes, they’re twins. Nope, both girls. Yes, that one’s older. No, I did not have them VAGINALLY. Yes, I breastfed. No, I do not feel like discussing why I quit with you, stranger.
When we went sightseeing in California, people took pictures. Of us.
It’s all fine. I guess I just don’t understand it. There are twins everywhere. Also, how do people not realize that if a baby looks upset or tired, sticking your face into hers and yelling is not going to help.
The twins group I belong to talks about this all the time. Their advice is to never stop moving. Answer peoples’ questions but don’t stop the stroller rolling. This works sometimes.
More often than not, though, someone will plant themselves directly in the stroller’s path so I have no choice but to stop and talk.
It just strikes me as odd. Once in awhile, it’ll happen every ten feet and I just wish they had been listening to all of the answers I gave the last person.
And I wish they’d lay off the boobs/vagina talk. Oh, and are they natural? I still get that a lot too. I like to respond that they are plastic.
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Hello Friday my old friend….
Best opening of fridge drawer ever. -
I spend most of my days being crawled on by babies and cats. I really want to get up and make some tea but I don’t have the heart to move him.
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miss4n6tx wrote...James and I would like you to go to your settings and choose the thing that makes it viewable in mobile. We can't heart your stuff on our phones because we are fancy and have the T plus app.
I think I did it, but let me know if it didn’t work!
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“Fine I’ll crawl but I won’t like it.” (Taken with Cinemagram)
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Dada bath time! Mike finally gets to use his bathing suit. Not birthday suit. He’d like me to make that clear.
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Let’s talk about this morning
I got no sleep.
The baby kicked in her own shit and it got all over me.
The “child-proof” window blind string thing got installed too high (again), so I couldn’t pull it the way you’re supposed to.
So when I opened the blinds it shot off and hit me in the fucking eye.
I can’t find the bananas I bought at the store, which would not be a problem except that the girls were in a hunger meltdown and I knew I bought them so I kept looking and looking and they kept flipping more and more.
I didn’t put the mesh bumper back in the crib and the baby got her foot stuck.
Today is cancelled. Let’s see what you’ve got, Tuesday.
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1827-1903: The shocking and romantic life of Mary Schenley
Mary Elizabeth Schenley, the well-dressed Pittsburgh heiress in this portrait, appears to be the soul of Victorian propriety.How Mary Elizabeth Croghan became Mary Schenley and one of the city’s greatest benefactors is a romantic, shocking tale from 1842.
That’s when the 15-year-old teenager eloped from a New York girls’ boarding school with Captain Edward W. Harrington Schenley, a 43-year-old British army officer who was a veteran of the 1815 battle of Waterloo and twice a widower.
The couple sailed first to a Caribbean island and later to England, scandalizing the nation and prompting the bride’s father, Colonel William Croghan Jr., to suffer a slight stroke.
Col. Croghan denounced Capt. Schenley as a fortune hunter. To prevent the officer from getting hold of his daughter’s money, most of which was tied up in real estate, he persuaded the Pennsylvania Legislature to pass legislation that put all of her property in his name. For years, Queen Victoria would not allow the couple to be presented at court because of the scandal.
Several years later, Col. Croghan visited his daughter and son-in-law in England and the family reconciled. Mary Schenley remained in England with her husband and the couple raised six daughters and one son.
In 1889, she gave 300 acres to Pittsburgh for a park on the condition that it bear her name and the land could never be sold. The city bought an additional 125 acres from her for $125,000.
Andrew Carnegie was thrilled with Mary Schenley’s gift of land because it cleared the way for construction of his Carnegie Institute, a complex with a large library, two museums, a music hall and lecture hall. Carnegie, one of the trustees of Mary Schenley’s fortune, often visited her at Mont Fleury, her villa in Cannes in the south of France.
In 1895, she gave the Fort Pitt Blockhouse at Point State Park to the Daughters of the American Revolution. The blockhouse is the oldest structure standing in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Mary Schenley died in London’s Hyde Park neighborhood in 1903.
Today, Schenley Park, a 425-acre oasis in the heart of Oakland, is filled with visitors who stretch out on the grass to read, work on their sun tan or listen to live music. Gleeful children ride the carousel. People walk their dogs or play tennis. Friends gather at outdoor tables for coffee. Hikers commune with nature during long walks on winding trails. And, of course, lovers of all ages stroll hand in hand.(Top picture: Portrait of Mary Schenley by George E. Hicks, from Carnegie Museum of Art.)I miss Schenley Park.
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20 minutes into our trip to Connecticut
I noticed a block spot crawling on Nellie’s neck.
Fucking tick.
So that’s how long I enjoyed our trip to Connecticut.
