From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Lost

February 16, 2010

Husbandrinka is sad. He took a flight over the weekend and he left his Daily Planner on the plane. The Daily Planner had A Lot of Important Information in it. He thinks he left it in the back seat pocket. He has called the airline, checked the airport’s lost & found and said a prayer […]

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Reading With Children

February 13, 2010

Young Ladrinka and I have been reading a lot together lately. It just sort of happened. I would be reading and he would join me with his own book, and we’d sit there for dozens and dozens of minutes, reading. Sometimes we read the same series, like The Diary of a Wimpy Kid , with […]

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Kiwis and Hedgehogs

February 13, 2010

Which do you prefer, kiwis or hedgehogs? What, not obvious? Let me back up. Husbandrinka and my stepson are off to North Carolina this weekend to visit my in-laws, so on Friday afternoon, mama and papa picked up me and the kids and Nicki and we drove to the dacha. Fortunately, there was tons of […]

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A Line in the Sand

February 12, 2010

In my great tradition of stealing post ideas from other bloggers, which also doubles as my way of honoring them, because, you know, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (where sincerest is code for most litigious), this week I am aiming high and ripping off one of the Top Fifty Mommy Bloggers, Jennifer from […]

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L’Chaim!

February 11, 2010

Listen, I wrote two posts yesterday, so I’m taking today off. But not before I extract a pound of flesh from you. And if you’re like me, you can afford it. (If you’re not like me, I’ll just take a few ounces). 1. As you may know, Wendi, Kelcey, Aunt Becky and I have proposed […]

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The Pork Roasteths

February 10, 2010

I was alone with the pork. (For part one of this saga, click here) I did what any normal person would do when facing a huge piece of meat. I called my mama. “Mama!” I said. “I’m making a 24 hour pork.” “24 hours?” she gasped. “Oh, you mean, marinating.” “No, mama,” I said sadly, […]

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What’s Pork is Prologue: The 24 Hour Roast

February 10, 2010

I’ve just about had it with Nigella Lawson. You know, the swimsuit model/chef, author of How to Be A Domestic Goddess cookbook. I don’t have that cookbook, but I have the one entitled Nigella Bites. Boy, does she ever. Let me back up a bit. Three weeks ago Saturday, I took out Nigella Bites and […]

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Of Russia, Citizenship and Memories

February 9, 2010

I’ve been writing a memoir of sorts. I know you’re thinking that I’m much too young and beautiful to reflect on my life, and you have a point, of course, but I’m forging ahead. The memoir is about my childhood in Russia and the process of emigrating to the United States when I was nine […]

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