Heather has very strong opinions about certain things, and that, next to her hair, is one of her best qualities.
Tell her about a concert for preschoolers scheduled during naptime and she will tell you how misguided that is. A meeting during lunch hour that doesn’t include food? She will rant for the rest of the day. And if the food offered at the meeting includes cilantro, she might just walk out in the middle.
As her business partner of the last several years, I’m surprised how few arguments we’ve had. Mostly, her fiery convictions make me laugh. And smiling is one of my New Year’s Resolutions.
I hope one of Heather’s New Year’s Resolutions is to document more of her very strong opinions. Here are some that I enjoyed in 2011.
- Do NOT take your little one’s to see Cars 2
- Yes I am. Top 10 reasons Whitney should have suspected I’m pregnant
- What to expect when traveling with a baby
- My very strong feelings about baby socks
- On introducing allowance
- What we REALLY want for Mother’s Day
One more flashback item for the road. Here is my friend Heather posing for a picture with a total stranger, whose permission I do not have to share his picture.
This was ten years ago, and Heather and I had decided to stay out all night in San Francisco, hopping from location to location until dawn. This guy worked at the first restaurant we stopped at, and agreed to model for a picture as if he were on a date with her. Perhaps he is now a dad of three himself? The camera I carried that night was NOT EVEN DIGITAL!
Wow Heather! I just read your repost of your allowance post and I realize that I am a cheap b***ard when it comes to allowance. We give Z 10 cents a day for helping to set the table. A really big helper day (when he helps with dinner gets him 40cents- which he usually takes me up on once a week). He actually set the prices! I hope the word doesn’t get out at the JCC about Holden’s allowance! I am curious, does he just get the money or is it for contributing to the house, or do you do that type of this separately. Thanks in advance for your strong opinion…
@Nila, We do not pay him for chores. Yet. We will but we don’t. There are a few unpaid jobs he is expected to do for being a part of the family, as well as the unearned revenue.
I still have that patchwork jacket. Maybe I’ll bust it out in 2013.