This, That, and the Mother Thing

That was a lot of fun.  As Dave and I sat on the porch having a glass of wine/beer (as the case may be) on late Saturday afternoon, I told D...

So this is the personal account of being chosen as the guest Faculty Coach for the first homecoming football game for the UNC Charlotte 49er...

Apparently, we are handling it.  "It" being Bridget's atypical asthma with hypersecrtion (aka, wet asthma).  We finally visite...

All it took was me writing on Facebook some version of "It looks like we're going to skip the hospital with this cold" to have...

We're starting to figure out what life in the near term is going to be with an energetic, rambunctious, lives life-at-11 girl whose lung...

From our family to yours: You should not toot while walking up the stairs.  Because if you realize at the top that you left something at t...

Well, that's a descriptive title. But it pretty much sums up my feelings in the aftermath of a (new) doctor's visit today. The twi...

So this is a quick post while it's still on my mind about taking advantage of timeshares that show up on travel sites for a good price. ...

I have adapted the original recipe (and the picture) from the NY Times which you can see here .  Of course, it takes up 1 (or 2) of your...

One of the things about being in a funk is that you don't know how deep and funky that funk is until you get out of it.  And then you ca...

Yes, this is a blog about my life from my perspective, so it seems exceptionally meta-narcissistic to write a post specifically about "...

This is our third time "recovering" from a hospital visit.  I have learned a few things.  One very important one is that when I ge...

And it's quite good!! First, if you didn't see the comment in the previous post , please go and read it and continually weep like ...

I cannot think of a more clever title than that.  Randomly pick some other blog entry and marvel at its brilliant title instead. Lie! So t...

There is only one sign that Bridget is sick:  She sleeps 12+ hours at night and still takes a nap.  This is a child for whom sleep is an evi...

I'm having a hard time stringing together much besides I'msotiredI'msotiredI'msotired. Bridget is back in the hospital and...

I cannot say my daughter's nickname in my head without happily thinking of this clip from Up . In fact, whenever I am thinking of my squ...

You have to guess to figure out which child has that nickname. Further, I will be so sad when our little Snidge stops using these words.  ...

So one of the things about having new members of the family, in this case, kittens, is learning more about yourself. One important thing w...

School is out for me.  And for the first time in 5 years, I am not teaching summer school nor birthing babies. Ahhhhhhh. It is nice.  I...