I noticed today on GoodEnoughWoman's blogroll that it's been seven months since I posted on this here neglected blog. That's a sad, sad state of affairs, though in my defense, I haven't been sitting around downing bon-bons and watching Glee on too many nights.
I'm working on some February Resolutions again this year, so I'll post those soon.
In the meantime, here's my list of bad conversation-starters (and things I'm thinking about nearly constantly):
-How exactly should one go about choosing a kindergarten for one's child?
-What is the balance between responsibility to one's family unit and responsibility to the larger community?
-How does one treat a rash on the bum of a 4.5 year old?
-How can anyone possibly learn to read English? Especially a child? And who regularized spelling in such strange ways anyway?
-How old is too old to start something new?
-Why am I getting a PhD, and how will it benefit me?
-Could you explain to me how to explain the trash compactor scene in Monsters Inc. to my 4.5 year old so he'll understand it? (Sully sees Boo get IN the trash can, but doesn't see her get OUT, so he fears for her life as the giant machine crunches up all the trash. My explanations of situational irony don't seem to have helped.)
-How can I possibly get the black burned-on gunk off of the burners on my gas stove? And how does one clean a non-self-cleaning over without using toxic chemicals? And isn't baking soda the most amazing cleaning product ever?
-Why don't children ever sleep when you want them to?
My first pre-February resolution: post more.
