What does your desk look like? Do you have a desk? Do you have an office? One at work and at home? Where do you…
A few years ago, I self-published a book: How to Be a Good Mom (Or at Least Not an Epic Failure). It was meant to…
The holiday season that ends one year and ushers in another is often a time of tradition. I think most people would say they have…
I’ve been working on what I call the “blog book†a lot lately. It’s the “parenting book†I’m writing, using a lot of stories I’ve…
May is a time of endings and new beginnings; this truth is never more evident than with high school and college graduations. But even without…
A lot of noteworthy stuff happened this weekend: It was Valentine’s Day. The 13yo attended his first school dance (and actually had fun). We went…
Yesterday, I was talking to a colleague about how she’s recently gone back to school; she’s working on her *second* master’s degree, this one in…
Last week Warner Bros announced they’d be releasing the first teaser trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the anticipated 2016 sequel to Man…
For the last couple of months or so, hubs has been commuting to Hot Springs (about an hour and half drive from us one way)…
There’s a reason I don’t work a traditional 8-5 type job anymore. Well, actually, there are several; here are a couple, in no particular order:…
That was the semi-random question asked on the way home from guitar/voice lessons the other night. Only semi-random because, being the nerdy family we are,…
I may be the fun parent but I’m a terrible wife. Earlier this summer, I posted (and did a little jig) about my kids saying…
This week marks what has become an annual occurrence that I call “Kidcation.” The kids get a vacation from cleaning their rooms, milking goats, feeding…
In our house, when someone says something that’s clearly not true, we call them a “big fat liar pants.†Now, this is not to make…