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 [...]

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 [...]

Not Quite Ready to Give Up

| January 9, 2012

I spent much of 2011 going through various transitions. I guess every year has transitions and changes but 2011 was fairly significant for me. I’ve struggled with blogging for the past few years and it seems like every time I think I’m finally done something pulls me back here. I’m just not quite willing to [...]

Xtra Stuff

| November 4, 2011

I’m trying to keep up with this and it’s turning out to be harder than I expected. Where have we all heard THAT before? I’ve been out of the “posting every day” business so long that I can’t even remember how to scratch up a post. Suckage! At any rate, parents of children who could [...]

Decks and Dogs Don’t Necessarily Mix

| April 26, 2011

Hope you had a great Easter. We’ve been swamped between Easter and Katie’s 16th birthday. I’m truly blessed to have the most amazing kids, but especially such a remarkable and wonderful daughter. The world is definitely a better place with her in it and I couldn’t be more proud of the person she is. /biased [...]