The Saga of the Butterfly Bush Continues…

| January 31, 2012

Alternate post title: He Did It To Me Again. The butterfly bush (or as my husband refers to it… “that butterfly monster”) turned out to be the fastest growing, most furiously blooming plant I have ever encountered. It smells wonderful, attracts butterflies by the hundreds through the spring/summer but has to be trimmed back several [...]

A Very Merry Birthday to Me!

| January 30, 2012

I turned 36 last week. Seriously, 36… and I’m just not vain enough to lie about my age. Mostly because I’m not noticing any new wrinkles or crow’s feet and I’m okay that the reason for this is simply because my face is just pudgy enough to fill them out. Gray hairs… nope. None of [...]

Not Enough Testosterone To Go Around

| January 16, 2012

It’s taken many years, but I think the girls have finally beaten Mike down almost completely. Three of us in very different life stages makes for a constant, demanding, eye rolling, “if looks could kill”, screaming, “who took my gray eye liner?”, hot mess kind of life. More than once someone has joked that if [...]

Mother Kadam Pooskie

| January 11, 2012

Maggie is 8 years old now. I cannot believe it. In fact, I am in denial so deeply that it has taken me over a week to write this post when her birthday is actually on New Year’s Day. She fell asleep early and didn’t make midnight on New Year’s Eve. The next morning we [...]

Down Under…

| December 30, 2011

My husband has discovered Facebook (yes, I know he’s a little late to the party) and in doing so has managed to re-connect with many of our old friends and many of his old friends and lots of family. This led him to a “Western Movie Day” after Christmas with a group of friends. Someone [...]