Lately, Hannah has been expressing a lot of anxiety about P.E. at school. Every morning as we're getting dressed she wails, "Oh, I ...

Raking leaves before the trees are all bare is a very, very stupid thing. You WILL be raking again. Paying your children to help you rake is...

One of the coolest things about having a site meter (besides spying on all those lurkers who read my blog and never comment, HINT! HINT!) is...

I'm hoping to find out which Target sells this mirror. Does anyone know? Have you seen it in a store near you? I DESPERATELY need one. T...

What do you get when you add one rope + one large tree in the backyard + one gorgeous fall day + The Husband's ingenuity? The answer? Y...

Have a happy eat-candy-until-you-purge day. Best wishes from a Swat Team Leader: A Marine: And Belle (I was so happy she didn't want to...

My brother, Dan , likes to make fun of me. A lot. And I LIVE to make fun of him. It's kind of our little thing. We have years of insid...

As a wife, mother, sister, friend, den leader, neighbor, and more, I sometimes find it hard to define myself into just one particular catego...

I have to give a big shout-out to my new pretend internet friend, Lisa at Take 90 West . She gave me this little bloggy award, which I am su...

The children are home from school today, which leaves me little time for blogging and stare-at-the-wall-alone-time. The nerve of those teach...

His idea of good decorating: Mine: His bag: Mine: His side of the bed: Mine: His essential beauty regimen: Mine: His shoes: Mine: His breakf...

I interrupt my regularly scheduled sarcasm and bad writing to ask for your prayers on behalf of the good people in San Diego. Due to the mas...

This was going to be it. This time would be my last, I was sure of it. I stood in the endless line for the second time today, staring at the...

I am out of the sick bed. Took the entire day yesterday and did nothing but sleep. It would have been absolutely lovely except for the minor...

I cannot deny it any longer. I am sick. I am achy, all stuffed up, and have a raw sore throat. As the mother in this family, I NEVER get s...

Halloween is a holiday that gets kind of overlooked in our house. Part of the reason for this is that I am married to Scrooge McScroogey P...

We've had a neighborhood boy turning up on our doorstep every day after school. The kids are barely off the bus and in the door when Dav...

On your marks, get set... Go! And go they did. On Saturday, McKay competed against 250 boys his age in a one-mile run. Only the first 40 fi...

Meet the running coaches, clipboards in hand. They SEEM very intent in their work: The coaches have a most serious training regimen; includi...

Fall is here. There's just no denying it any longer. Yes, Summer had a good run - one that lasted well into the middle of October. Two d...

Well, I obviously didn't spend my weekend getting blisters, chugging Gatorade, sweating profusely, and cursing everyone who passed me (a...

I'm back home after a fantastic weekend with my peeps. We have made this our little tradition; heading into the city without our husband...

Because of the roaring demand from the likes of Celia Fae (and because she makes me laugh so hard every morning), I have added a portrait o...

Today I was strolling up and down the aisles of my local grocery store. I kept meeting the same person in the middle of each aisle. Every ti...

McKay (or who shall now be called the Son Who Gets Cut Out of the Will) asked me what appeared to be a purely philosophical question yesterd...

So I'm back. Survived the visit from both in-laws and parents. Did more than survive, actually. Had a great time. My kids have some pret...

I have been at least a month overdue in thanking Nicole , my swap partner, for the fantastic package she put in the post for me. If you don...

So here is the revised list of what I actually accomplished yesterday. Be impressed. Be VERY impressed: Grocery shopping? Done. Cupboards fu...

My parents are flying in tomorrow, followed by The Husband's parents on Thursday. Here is a list of things that I need to do right now: ...