This, That, and the Mother Thing

Spring is finally arriving in Charlotte.  We've been spreading mulch and,for the first time, I have successful tomato, pepper, and eggpl...

Yes, it was expensive.  It's probably one of the more expensive vacations we've ever taken.  But that, my friends, is not saying muc...

For the first time as a family, and as a first time in my life, we are going skiing. The reason this is a big deal (beyond the obvious tha...

This morning, I just really need to catch my breath for just a moment. Since Christmas, I have been exceptionally busy with two conference...

I know the only people reading a blog on a Friday night are goobers who don't have plans  beyond a few glasses of wine and a family movi...

I've noticed a trend among mother' named Anita with crazy curly hair.  Ok Me. This is all me.  This all crazy me.  This is all crazy...

I do not want to hysterically claim that  Bridget has EV D68!! Bridget has EV D68!! We have no idea.  It's *possible* she does. And she ...

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...