I thought you all would like to know the end of the pretend, made up, and hypothetical story from yesterday. Ahem. Flash back to our fiction...

Let's just say you get a new car. And, because you are not excited about handing over a gazillion billion dollars in sales tax to your ...

On Tuesday of this week, our Crazy Uncle Pete (as is he affectionately called around here) was hit by a car while riding his bicycle to wor...

Hello? Hello? Is there anybody out there? Yeah, yeah, I know. Pink Floyd, I am not. But I am back and I've got lots to share with yo...

I am stopping my slightly manic cleaning frenzy to log on here and let you know that I may be absent from the blogosphere for the next few d...

Last night, after I had leisurely indulged in a not-so-classic (or classy) book, which name I cannot divulge here due to the shame I'd f...

I am startled out of sleep by the loud, merciless beeps. It is chilly this morning, and the tiny warm body in my bed is snuggled up close, ...

Here is my entry for the I Heart Faces weekly photo contest. This week's theme is "My Friend & I," which I thought totall...

There are many things that I love in this world. Cookie dough ranks at the top of the list, clearly, as does a crisp diet coke (preferably ...

As I have mentioned before , the little people in this house are greedy, capitalist mongrels. They have figured out the system and know just...

Ever have one of those weeks where you feel like you have totally 'effed up most of it? Like maybe you (and your family) would have been...

What do you do when you look out your window mid-March and THIS is the sight you see? You celebrate, that's what. For it is not snow cov...

I believe there was an 11th commandment that somehow got misplaced while those pesky Israelites were off wandering in the wilderness. It re...

A few days ago, I had all the kids with me on a trip to Walmart. At the checkout line, I realized that I needed, and had forgotten to get,...

Fifteen years ago today, at the literal crack of dawn, you and I became us. We became a family. We clasped our shaky hands together and to...

Growing up, it was inevitable to wake up on St. Patrick's Day and find that everything in the fridge had been dyed green. My father espe...

Last week, I decided to tackle a much-needed project in our house. Specifically, a project that involved the place where the little people i...

As I've mentioned countless times before, the Husband travels for work. All. the. time. People are constantly asking me how I do it. The...

As the mother of two sons and sister to four brothers, I have had to endure the pleasure of participating in countless Pinewood Derby races...