Bat.Shit.Crazy.

That is precisely how I would describe July 2011. The high pressure bubble – or whatever it was – that settled like a dome over a large swath of the country made it not only unpleasant to go outside, but downright [...]

When I discovered I was preggers, I stopped drinking – cold turkey. Not that we’re talking about a problem, here, just to be clear. But the going out for the after-work beer or the glass of wine at dinner ceased to happen. I also immediately gave up caffeine, though [...]

My child defies convention. (But really, am I surprised by that?) He doesn’t like carrots (unless he doesn’t know he’s eating them), he doesn’t like apples or even applesauce (though unabashedly loves apple juice), and will turn up his nose when offered a banana. All these are commonplace healthy [...]

When I reflect upon those halcyon days of my youth, there were only three channels – and you prayed that the president wouldn’t make a speech because all three channels would show that, and only that. The cool, rich kids had cable, but an assortment of channels beyond the [...]

Saturday was a nearly perfect autumn day; the temperature was unseasonably warm, but the leaves obliged with their vibrant color, and the blue sky beckoned every moving beast out of doors. It was my first weekend out of retail in two years (why it took me so long to [...]

I am no domestic goddess. I hate to clean, and avoid it – until there’s enough dog hair to make another dog after vacuuming. (We call him “Fred.”) I have a distaste for yard work, though the process of admitting that could easily be my first book [...]

Kiddo’s fourth birthday is coming up next month, and last week hubs and I realized that we’ve got to get in gear planning the party so that – you know – guests show up at the right place and time. Particularly with our schedules, it would not be unusual [...]