This, That, and the Mother Thing

I had my first mammogram on Friday, as part of my pre - IVF protocol. Although it felt as though the the mammographer was trying to actual...

To Dave, after showing him the pretty necklace I bought at The Boulevard at NoDa , "I'm going to try to be a little bit more shit-g...

"You know, Heath Ledger is going to go down as the Jimmy Dean of his generation. Except it was like drugs instead of fast cars. That...

This is only a quick blog to let you know I'm still here. I have an amazing headache and I'm waiting for Dave to come home from his...

As our son runs around the kitchen waving pillows and playing hockey, "Mommy, Daddy! You're the crappers!!" Daddy: The crappe...

Well, I guess the good news is that we know our son can actually throw a full on, screaming, crying, drooling, thrashing, naked 30 minute ta...

DA Da dum....... Snow! Snow!!! We've just had 1 inch of snow!! Remember way back in November and our trip to frigid Rockford? There was...

Yesterday, when I picked up Conor, I stopped by that day's responses from circle time. The question: Where Do You Sleep? Uh-oh, I though...

This weekend, Dave and I wrote up our Yearly Things To Do Around the House list. I'm sure most of you just freaked out that people would...

Mommy, snuggling with son in bed, noticing her cleavage in an old shirt: Uh-oh. My boobies are falling out. Son: I have an idea! Mommy: OK...

We have new windows. Project Warm the House is finally done. They installed our new double hung windows on Monday. (I didn't know what t...

Woohoo!! Woohoo!!! WOOOHOO!!!! That is a textual reenactment of my excitement over our new Netflix subscription. While I have no doubt tha...

We've had a really hard time getting Conor to wear his mittens at school. Considering the cold snap we're having, it's been ver...

At lunch, a friend of mine turned to me and said "When did you get all that gray?" " Ummmm , I just dyed my hair for the wedd...

Happy New Year! I am cooking my collard greens and hoppin ' john and ready to eat my way into fortune and good luck for 2008. We had a v...

Twas the night before the night before Christmas And all through the house Not a creature was stirring Except for the hideous things coming ...

Sergio has made an amazing comeback. He's eating again and swimming around and his fins are spread out. Who knew that we'd have our ...

Conor has started yoga at daycare. A yogini comes by every two weeks and teaches the children different positions. The first class just in...

The fish, Sergio, is not doing so well. First, I must admit that at 4 1/2 years, Sergio is very, very old for a betta . And he's actuall...

We just had insulation blown into the walls of our house. Yes, that's right. Our 1943 built house has never had insulation. Ironicall...