This, That, and the Mother Thing

Yesterday was busy. It started, work-wise, with a very exciting validation of a model I've been working on for 3 years . Honestly, I tr...

I  took the twinnies  to the Nutcracker yesterday.  It's actually  the first  time I've  ever seen it in person and it  was wonderfu...

Conor didn't know about Stampy's death until he came home last night. In the morning, he had told  me he was worried that Stampy was...

Ugh. Shit. Ugh. Stampy Longnose, the final  gerbil from  Conor's  birthday died  this morning.  And unfortunately, we  can't  ...

Wow!  Two blog  posts in two  days!   And it's  the second of December.  Maybe I'll  make NoMoRoPo (or  whatever it  is for  writing...

It has been an extremely stressful fall.  Dave's father passed.  A very good friend  of mine's  father unexpectedly passed way too y...

So, I'm probably one of the few people in the country more  concerned about  EV-D68 than Ebola.   And I'm probably one of  the few p...

I hate when  I  blog in  my head for days (weeks, months) about  a particular  topic, and then when I  go  to  write  about it, I  really  w...

So we are keeping the twins home from daycare this summer and Conor is mostly out of camp. The reason for this is absolutely financial. The ...

Dave and I decided that we are  much more likely to do a father/daughter or mother/son mud run than a  father/daughter or mother/son dance. ...

I am turning 50 in August. I say this like it's a big announcement because it  is. Since my 30s, I've been extremely  cagey  about...

I know I blah, blah, blahed about this  in the last blog, but Dave and I continue to be shocked at this thing called "Spring."  IT...

A few weekends ago, I was working in the back  garden (as opposed to the side garden) digging and weeding and  making plans for what I was g...

So, some folks have asked how the whole "Gluten Free" for Lent is going.  Before I share that, I have some confessions to make. ...

I forgot to mention that BOTH kids were sick last year during this week.  More on that in a sec. We called up Bridget's amazing pulmon...

I have had a potty mouth.  Certainly, in Conor's early years that didn't change.  He did not mimic my bad words.  The twins, however...

Literally, exactly, and in any other way you can think of, PRECISELY, one year ago today, everything started to go downhill for Bridget. ...

First of all, let's just get this out in the open.  YOU have weird food beliefs, too.  OK?  I'm sure I would think you are a nut wit...

So, the Fitbit .  I received a new-to-me Fitbit from Carter (blog/Facebook friend from FOREVER ago) and I am addicted.  What I like about it...

My Dad is hearing impaired.  He started losing his hearing in his 40s and without his hearing aids, he cannot hear very much. Two thoughts...