The More, The Messier

I'm not sure what that title means, but it is sort of catchy, isn't it? Brian is sick. But, of course - he needs to get sick by tod...

The tale of Brian's Volcano Cake will have to wait until tomorrow. I don't want all the b'day pictures lumped together with the...

Well, I certainly wasn't in a very good mood last night , was I? Chronic pain will do that to a person. And the threat of impending de...

I'm thinking that it is hard for a woman to restrict both her food intake and her non-food purchases at the same time. I've lost an...

(To the tune of "On top of Old Smokey...") "The grave will deca-a-a-y you, And turn you to dust...." Doesn't that so...

It's about the mice today. Anna heard scrabbling in the ceiling above her bed - and considering she sleeps in the top bunk, she was a b...

Quick note to any dieters out there: it may not be in your best interest to leave an open box of Girl Scout cookies (Trefoils) next to your ...

I swear, in all the years they have been alive, not one of my children has ever, of his/her own will, turned off a light. I'll go upsta...

Nada. Zip. Nothing. That's how much weight I lost this past week. Of course, I could take a glass-half-full perspective and say that t...

Half a pound. Up. That's what a week of denying myself leads to - a weight gain of half a pound. Imagine how much I would have gained i...

6 kids equal 1800 dollars in tax rebate. In the words of Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer, "They really are cheaper by the doze...

Check out my weight loss ticker - down 2 pounds this week. Actually, I think the lady lied to me again . Those women probably just like me...

Miss me? I fell asleep at 7:30 with the toddler last night. I woke up at 10:30 when Larry came to bed, and I started crying and saying I h...

So, I weighed in today, and somehow I managed to gain 2 pounds this week. While starving to death. Personally? I feel that the woman at t...

Larry (aka Mr. Security) has managed to load enough "protection" onto our new computer to make it almost as slow as the behemoth I...

Aaah - I just filed our state and federal taxes. Done. Pretty amazing, huh? I think so. Of course, our fat refund is enough of an incen...

Apparently, things could be worse on the rodent-infestation front , from what I read in this news piece - at least the ones in our house a...

I lost 2 and a half pounds this week. Which means, that I can sit down to the computer to type without having to unsnap my pants. In my mi...

Regular readers know that I have a small issue with overdue library books and late fines ; nothing I can't handle, just a bad habit tha...

I'm feeding the kids party leftovers all day. They love me. I should do this all the time. Before lunch, we played Christmas Bingo an...