Last week Sarah of Goon Squad fame asked folks to fess up about their garage bands.  Well, I’ve never been with a band (being rather musically and vocally challenged), but [...]

I'm having such a surreal moment watching the political results crawl in, hearing about ballot shortages, and extended poll hours.  Holding out hope.  This is huge.  But, as with many [...]

Today was the anniversary of Keen and my first date. Eighteen years ago we met at work – it was a Safeway and the fluorescent lights were electrifying to young [...]

Last post I alluded to feeling cranky and anxious and there IS a specific cause. It’s the unemployment agency. For the second time in my life I filed a claim. [...]

The first time that Chance stuffed so much toilet paper into the toilet that it overflowed I explained to him that you don’t play with the toilet, pointed out the [...]

Here I’ve been having lots (and lots and lots) of conversations with Chance about poop. “Where does the poop go?” “Poop goes in the potty, doesn’t it?” “We don’t go poop in our [...]

I seem to have lost my funny again. I.e. I’ve been reading plenty of funny stuff, and I’d love to contribute to the world of humor but I can’t get [...]

This morning’s “conversation”…  ME: Come on, kiddo. Let’s put on your shoes and go to school! Yay! HIM: laughs, wiggles away ME: Come on, we gotta go. Here are your shoes. …Come here! HIM: Pee! [...]

So I was contacted a couple of months ago with the classic free product for review offer, and since I was actually interested in using this product, and even had [...]

This week has been crazy. The termites? Yep, they’re all dead. Bwa ha ha HA! And since I was trapped in the house while men squirted toxic chemicals (snort), and [...]

I just found out that we have termites swarming... In. Our. House!  It's been storming really heavy over the last few days, alternating with sunny patches, and the fucking bugs [...]