This, That, and the Mother Thing

Yes, it's that time of year again, when Dave and I get to celebrate becoming Mr. and Mrs. Mommy and Daddy (as we told Conor this morning...

At Conor's daycare, they often will put the children's answers to different questions on the door to their room. It's a lot of f...

Dave and I were somewhat proud of our community activism yesterday. The communications director emailed back both of us (his letter was long...

The Charlotte Observer is reporting that a new mother who is being held for overstaying her visa is not being allowed to pump breastmilk for...

I completely erased this entry. Because it sucked. Bleah. I have had meetings all day long. I'm tired and the effort required to be w...

I swear I'm not usually this obsessed with the poopage around our household. However.... I noticed that the Boston fern we brought in o...

The trip was wonderful; we had a great time and I will carry the memories of this Thanksgiving on my hips for quite a while. (Hips don't...

It's sunnier, colder (degree-wise) and yet warmer (wind-wise) here. Less wind and more sun make for a very pleasant day. Of course, it...

Greetings from sunny yet snowy Rockford! We had a great plane ride up on Tuesday accentuated by the utter adorableness of Conor announcing t...

Hello, this is Anita's friend, Jennifer, and I am a "ghost blogger" for Anita today! She is in Illinois over the Thanksgiving...

Ack! Ack! Ack!! I never plan packing for my trips appropriately. It doesn't help when I have ABSOLUTELY NO CLOTHES to wear in cold weat...

My grad students walked into the class this morning looking particularly bleary eyed. There's the normal grad student, stressed out, ov...

Now that there are actually things growing in the garden (in November !! Who woudda thunk?!), I have a lot more interest in being out there ...

It is Saturday. And I've been up since 5:15. What on earth witty do I have to add to the blogosphere tonight? Even my own husband is ir...

"Miss! Miss!!! Do you know where Halton Arena is?" I look around the parking lot. I'm the only one around. "Ummm, where?...

Hump that NaBloPoMo, baby!! So, um, have you kind of noticed something? Like, I'm not Finslippy (who can blog about her dog yakking on h...

"Wow! You ate a lot of pepperoni pizza!" "I don't want any more pizza. I'm full." "You're a little pig...

It's 76 degrees out right now. I just came back in from a run; I bailed on this morning's run after 30 seconds when my calf starte...

To help Conor prepare for Trick or Treat, while we cuddled before bedtime for the week or so before Halloween, I told him stories about how ...

Sometimes I like to try new recipes like spinach pancakes , zucchini fritters, meatloaf , applecake , or cornbread. Other times, I open a ca...