In the city things happen
This summer we're not doing any big vacations. Things have been busier this year than either Keen or I expected so we decided it would be better to do some [...]
Instead of a little brother, how about a snail?
School's out for summer! (I keep singing that and Chance has no frame of reference. Guess I need to play more Alice Cooper.) Chance's last day was last Thursday and [...]
Do they have Rosetta Stone for that?
This is what conversations have been like in my house recently. Chance: "Hey MOM!" Super loud, in my ear. Me: "Ow. Stop yelling! What?" Chance: "Mutter mutter mumble mutter." Me: [...]
Why talking it out can be better than blogging it out
This is probably not going to be a popular post. I always seem to be moving a little counter to popular opinion's clockwise. I know that a lot of blogging [...]
To the moms, ain’t this the truth…
Happy Mother's Day! Now I'm gonna go sit on the couch with a book and some chocolates. - the weirdgirl
The ol’ dog & pony show, but cuter
The last month of school is disproportionately busy. It's just about time where everyone (the kids, the parents, the teachers) gets really tired of school and then there's a bunch [...]
I’ll CC you
I'm keeping this post short and sweet because there's a lot going on right now. So I'm back from the dead, which is always convenient. Chance has his first grade [...]
And that’s how you lose stuffed animals
We've been sick all week. The kiddo came down with it first, of course, with a really high fever that wouldn't come down, even with the advil/tylenol swap and baths [...]
Just enough time to bitch
The post I had written, the thoughtful one with a point, just got eaten. This has been happening more frequently lately. The ad network was pulled down without notice (and [...]
Perpetuating the wrong expectations
Chance is trying to sucker me into buying him a Dream Lite. It's a Pillow Pet where they've stuck a bunch of lights into its back. They must have had [...]