Last night, I had dinner with my family at a neighborhood restaurant. My eight-year-old and I wanted to try the claw machine before we left but it wouldn’t accept our rumpled dollar bill, so together we walked over to the restaurant bar to get change. My daughter immediately climbed up onto a bar stool and […]
December 17, 2012
It can be tough to find holiday gifts for all your friends and loved ones. That’s why I’m here to help… with 12 of the worst gift ideas EVER! Your little one will enjoy hours of fun with these giant plush microbes! Choose from playful pets like Syphilis, E.Coli and Herpes and open the […]
December 5, 2012
I spent part of my Saturday attacking an enormous pile of catalogs that’s been growing in my kitchen for the last six or so weeks. I justified the time spent on this project by telling myself that it would certainly end in some kick-ass Christmas presents for friends and family members. When I got to […]
December 3, 2012
In our house each Christmas, you’ll find a manger. It’s nothing special– just a crude crossing of plastic boards covered with an old baby blanket that you might see in any outdoor nativity scene. But in our family, the arrival of the manger has become one our favorite traditions, one that keeps even my five-year-old […]
November 30, 2012
A few weeks ago, a small miracle occurred in our household… Bruiser’s two bottom front teeth became loose. This was cause for much tooth wriggling and soul-searching discussion. As far as my five-year-old son was concerned, he was the first person on the planet to have two loose teeth. The resulting tension in our house […]
November 26, 2012
Y’all, we need to talk. Girlfriend to girlfriend. Here’s what you need to know about me: I am a complete and utter fool for Facebook. I love the fact that Facebook has made it possible for me to keep in touch with everyone from my 87-year-old grandmother to longterm blog readers to my kindergarten classmates […]
November 2, 2012
Punky is eight now, and in the third grade. She’s transitioning from little girl to big kid and lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time gently helping her to unravel the complexities of her life, as she struggles to figure out the social order and her place in it. Listening to her stories, I’m […]
October 29, 2012
I’ve been pretty busy over the last few weeks. The Grand Purge was followed by Fall Break, during which my children and I came down with a horrid and tenacious respiratory virus… and my husband discovered that a suspicious mole on his leg was actually a melanoma. Good times! The melanoma discovery was quickly followed […]
October 24, 2012
As I told you last week, I’m in the process of reorganizing my entire house right now, but each time I think I’ve gotten to everything, I’ll realize there’s another drawer, another cabinet, another closet I’ve forgotten. The proof of this came last week, when my kids invited a brother and sister over to play. […]
October 15, 2012
