>As neighbors go, Muffin and Eclair typically don’t give me too much trouble. They keep to themselves, mostly, and mind their own business. But occasionally, they’re a little on the noisy side. Yes, like so many of us in suburbia, I may not know my backyard neighbors’ names, but I sure know the names of […]

>As a fitting close to the decade, a firestorm of controversy is raging right now over whether pajama bottoms are acceptable in public. I mean, really, why debate foreign policy or terrorism when we can talk about whether grown men should be allowed to enter Starbucks in polar bear pajama bottoms? Anyway, I hope you’ll […]

>”Punky,” I whispered as I tucked her in, “you’re the best thing that ever happened to me.” A strange look of emotion came over her face and she sat up in bed. “Mommy?” she whispered. “Can I tell you something?” She seemed to be struggling for the right words. “Of course you can,” I said, […]

>As it turns out, sometimes it’s good to procrastinate. Although still sidelined by swine flu, Hubs and I finally managed to wrap everyone’s presents a couple of nights ago. When the children woke the next morning, they were treated to the sight of a Christmas tree surrounded on all sides by dozens of gaily wrapped […]

>As if last Christmas’s Pneumonia Chronicles weren’t enough, this year, five out of six Ferriers currently are struck with or recovering from the Swine Flu. Swine flu. So embarrassing. Bruiser was the first to come down with it, only we didn’t know it at the time. Even though he had fever and respiratory troubles and […]