History Will Show … er, Never Mind
My littlest dude recently did a big ol' history project in which he had to research five explorers and make Explorer Trading Cards out of […]
Family
The German Shepherd of Death Next Door (Presidential Breed)
(So this is not really a German Shepherd. But it is a dog. Work with me here.) When I was a kid we spent about […]
In Search of a Left Brain
Frits – www.hikingartist.com My storage room is a swirling vortex of doom. As is my closet. And my office. And my office closet. My kids' […]
Bugs. Spiders. Death to Them.
My last house–which was not in my current homey Mayberry-esque town– was, I think, built on an old Indian cricket graveyard. We moved into our […]
My Parenting Understudy
You know what's sad? It's when your college kid comes back home for a semester and does a better job parenting her siblings than you do. […]
Not Getting Arrested While Picking Peaches
Have you ever tried picking peaches in the dark? With a flashlight? Without getting arrested? Because it's not your house? Me neither. Okay, I'm lying. […]
It Ain’t ADHD, Honey. It’s Personality.
So this one time I was with a bunch of friends and one of them said they'd read that people who gesticulate wildly when they […]
Support Your Kid With Your Face. And the Rest of You. Especially Olympians.
http://www.flickr.com/people/12982516@N02 I don't know about y'all dudes, but I'm an Olympics freak. I mean, I'm not completely addicted. I do go about my day. But […]
Banff, a Bear, and Bathing in a Sink
A Note Before We Start: My spam told me today that it "harmonized with [my] writings." Well, I didn't hear no harmonizing, honey. If you're […]
Date Bread in a CrockPot. When You Need Something to Sit on.
Yes, I know it looks like a prehistoric bowling ball. Or perhaps a pouffe from Professor Trelawney's classroom. But trust me here. This date bread […]