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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: My Friend Rocks Hard
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Friday, November 2, 2012. My Friend Rocks Hard. While perusing the amazing Smitten Kitchen cookbook. This fine morning I happened to flip to the acknowledgments at the back. And there was the name of one of my dearest friends and favorite people on the planet. Can I tell you how ridiculously proud I am of her? A is an amazing cook and baker-in fact she's a pastry chef. Um, it gets pretty hazy from there on out. I have no memory of getting to my buildin...
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: My Boo Boo
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Wednesday, February 6, 2013. This morning T met me on the stairs after I'd showered and dressed. "Mom. What is on your lip? He asked. "I've got a boo boo and that stuff is helping to fix it." I told him. I do, in fact, have a boo boo. The kind that you treat with Abreva. No filter, baby. Hell I have chronic irritable bowel syndrom. But, damn it, I haven't had cold sores. When he gets one I stay far away until it heals. I've been dreading catching cold sore...
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: Z Awesomeness Day
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Tuesday, February 5, 2013. So yes, there were drinks and pictures and a dinner. Z with Gianfranco Zaccai who established the Continuum Arthur Pulos Award. Two deans, the former recipient of the award, Continuum. Employees who are also SU alums and the photographer snapping away! And then we walked over to the Dome. Our seats were right down front, which was pretty cool. How fucking cool it that? Z accepting the award. He didn't drop it! Labels: a good day.
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: Trick or Treat
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Sunday, October 14, 2012. Shouldn't I be teaching my kids that when you decide to do something you follow through even if it's inconvenient? What if Z had class that night? Or had a work obligation? Would the assumption be he could just shrug off his responsibilities to join the family for trick or treating? Yup But it didn't work out. T wasn't scarred by just having me at school. And I don't think Z felt terribly guilty about it. I'll do it. I can't p...
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: What Do Z and SU Basketball Have In Common?
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Friday, February 1, 2013. What Do Z and SU Basketball Have In Common? We have to have a serious discussion.". Uh oh," I said, "About what.". On Monday night we are going to a basketball game. It's a big game. There are going to be like 30,000 people there.". Wait, you said 20,000. You just increased it by 50%. But it's ok. I'll bring a chill pill.". Karen They all are going to be wearing orange.". Jesus christ. Am I going to have to touch any of them?
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: Sick Grump
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Monday, February 11, 2013. The truth is I am terribly high maintenance in a different way. If things don't go just so I freak out and pout and am horrible to be around. And when I'm sick I am a total princess. My worst days as a Stay At Home Mom aren't when the boys are being turds, but when I'm feel like crap and can't believe I still have to, you know, do my job. But when I go to collect the mail I find this amongst the creditcard offers. Reader perspect...
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: We Know How To Party on Friday Night
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Saturday, February 2, 2013. We Know How To Party on Friday Night. Last night I woke up before midnight because I heard crying. Being this happens every night (except for that one magic night this past week-he slept through the night for the first time in months and months! Later in the morning I said to him, "You know what is messed up about parenting? T seemed totally fine as he and his brother rode Z up the stairs on the way to the bath last night. Hyper...
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: Sorry to Bug You Smart Friends....But.....
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Sunday, February 3, 2013. Sorry to Bug You Smart Friends.But. Got a behavior question for you guys. T is sort of confounding me. Dude is able to express his feelings so clearly, but being able to express them and actually expressing them instead of acting out are two different things. How to I encourage him to tell me he is frustrated BEFORE he takes punitive action aimed at me? How do I get to a place where we are less frustrated at each other? Just kiddi...
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: September 2012
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Friday, September 28, 2012. He's in the preschool room this year, so there are kids his age and a year older. With young children that single year really does make a huge difference in size, I'm reminded of that fact every time I see one of the kids in the toddler room scurry by. Was T really that tiny just last year? It would upset me deeply. This kid has my whole heart. Especially when he's being silly. Syracuse as we were leaving downtown last night.
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable: Super Dad Takes C to the Doc's
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Uncomfortably Honest and Honestly Uncomfortable. Friday, February 8, 2013. Super Dad Takes C to the Doc's. It's like he thinks I'm unreasonable! Um, yes. Take a moment to feel grateful you aren't my spouse. Do you guys remember when I was freaking out about missing Halloween with the boys. Last fall because my class fell on the evening of the 31st? Particularly after last fall when I felt so suffocated. And needed a break desperately. Z made this lovely little table for the boys. This week he learned...