Our trip to Boston was a return to what had once been our home. It was the place our family went from four to five. It was where we bought...

Boston, baby! The picture for the contest was taken in at one of my favorite places in Concord. It was at the North Bridge --the serene, t...

We find ourselves away from home again in a very beautiful city. Care to take a guess as to where? All guesses will be thrown into a hat an...

I remember the first time I saw this commercial. I really liked it then and mentally praised the brilliant ad agency who came up with such ...

The year was 1996, and we were nervously loading all of our worldly possessions into the back of a very small U-Haul truck. The Husband and...

Today was a very ordinary day as far as days go. He got up. He went to work. Maybe a little extraordinary in that his wife actually got u...

Six or seven weeks ago, I got the phone call that no one ever wants to get. It was my dad. In a shaky voice, very different from his usuall...

Remember the awesomeness that was the mohawks ? You know, the ones that after four years I have finally embraced? Well. Somebody decided th...

You know you're living with Chase when... June 6th is celebrated with all the fanfare of a national holiday. And in spite of yourself, y...

The poor gator we brought back home with us . Yes, it's totally real. As you have no doubt been reading ad nauseam, we took a little tr...

They wandered up and down the aisles of the large gift shop, their eyes roving happily over the shelves around them. Their salty, red cheek...

The last week of school in the Casa de Stie signals more than just the beginning of summer. It has come to mark what I have finally accepted...

Naples, Florida, baby. And it's been heaven in spite of the following: --1 trip to the ER for an ear infection. --1 frantic call to a ph...

Dear internet, Wish you were here. Love, Stie P.S. If you can correctly guess where "here" is, you will win a prize. Happy specul...

Some random thoughts before I dash off to take the middle child to the orthodontist (exciting life that I lead, yes): Right now, I am head-o...

Can anyone tell me what that bright, round, yellow thing in the sky is? Honestly. We have not seen the sun around here for a few weeks, and ...

One added bonus at the baptism this past weekend was the presence of both sets of parents (and one lovely cousin who braved a solo road trip...

This past weekend, my baby girl was baptized. My heart was so full. In the only quiet moment of the day, as I was helping her get dressed, ...

Remember the picture I posted last week of the Husband and I? Yes, that one. The one in which you were all so complimentary and I had a day...

I love it when they sometimes crawl into bed with me first thing in the morning, the smell of sleep still in their hair. They curl their wa...

A few days ago, McKay decided to decorate an old shirt with a description he thought fit himself perfectly. I think he summed it up quite ni...

I married a good man. A man who takes the trash out without being told. A man who plays games with our kids and sometimes lets them win. A...

Step one: Read this blog post and immediately pop over to Amazon to order this book . Wait a week for your book to arrive and find you ha...

Recently, I was contacted by a company who wanted to know if they could sponsor this website. It is not the first time I have been offered c...

Dear Hannah, Yesterday, my sweet baby girl, you turned eight. It's a strange thing to have your youngest hit such a milestone age. With...

I am a girl who always loses it the week before a haircut and trims her own bangs. I hate that about myself. I am afraid of dying and, as ...

Remember that old Seinfeld episode when Elaine has the arduous task of finding the perfect pair of socks for Mr. Pitt? And how she gets him ...

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