The More, The Messier

As related here before, Susie received a Razor scooter from Grandpa for her birthday. I just noticed the caution label on the handle: This...

I've got nothing. Sorry. Not even something funny to link to! Anyone seen anything funny lately? But for now I must get to bed - Davi...

Today? Was the moment of truth. 90 degrees Sunny Nothing to do "Let's go to the pool!" the bored children cried. And, r...

We parents like to believe - nay, we need to believe - that, by doing the "right" things, we can prevent tragedy from befalling o...

Darn it! I fell asleep at 8PM with a headache, so here it is past midnight and I'm not sleepy. But feeling better. Except for some ind...

It being Susie 's birthday eve, I must get some shut-eye in preparation for the festivities tomorrow. I told Susie a few days ago that ...

Octamom is demanding pictures of Fridge #2 . Let's make a deal - the day I go over 10,000 readers a day, I'll post those photos. ...

That chair ? The one that the kids were having so much fun on? The one that was such a great deal at a yard sale? Tonight it cost us a 50...

Today Rachel turned 6 and, to celebrate, she had her first real birthday party. A real party, meaning people other than family were invite...

I am so proud. This post of mine is number 3 on the page when someone Googles "self scan line idiots." Thank you, thank you ver...

You can catch me over at MidCenturyModernMoms today, discussing how I managed to get my teen daughter to pay for a little vacation for me.....

Today, I present to you one e-book you'll never find me downloading. [You didn't click, did you? You never do.] That's okay, I...

Whew! Okay, missed a day. You see, being sick and all, I decided we didn't have anything better to do than go ahead with our plans to m...

I'm starting my very own blogging book club. It will be simple, really. I'll read a book, then I will comment on it and give it aw...

I found the following assertion (well, warning , really) in this column , which interviewed a priest on marriage advice. People are the same...

This little tidbit is for all you homeschoolers out there, who I am sure have visited just as many living history museums as our family has....

The whining and bickering and complaints of "I'm bored" that are now filling homes around the nation is akin to a summertime p...

[I'm also posting at MidCenturyModernMoms today. About...middle age...] Wow. I didn't realize what a project I had taken on. Th...

[Oh, how embarrassing. I forgot, completely forgot, that people would be coming over today from Derfwad Manor for a house tour. I didn...

I haven't talked about our garden much lately. Mostly because I'm embarrassed. I just managed to kill a zucchini plant. You know...