On my son’s first Halloween, he had his first real fever and I worked until 6pm. Dressing up and trick or treating was not on our list of priorities. Out of parental obligation, I forced his hot little sick body into a lame little cow costume so when he asked “what was I on my [...]

It was 9pm and I was so discouraged that the doctor didn’t return my call. Sure, I missed my last appointment and I may have an outstanding balance, but HELLO, CRAZY LADY, have pity on a sister.

At 9:30, finally, the phone rang. He blamed the late call on being at the World Series Game. (First [...]

Here’s a revelation. When you finally break down and call your psychiatrist admitting that this feeling of despair isn’t going away and you just can’t hack it anymore on your own, only to be told that he will not give ANY medication to a woman that is nursing, then directed to a Primary Care Physician, [...]

I am the first to admit that I may be one of the world’s worst photographers. I rely heavily on my mom and sister to take good pictures of my kids at family functions. I’d rather get a pap smear than bring my kids to a photography studio to get their pictures taken. My gag [...]

I’m not much of a traveler. Maybe it’s the fact that I have 5 kids. Or maybe it’s that traveling is expensive. But probably it’s because I am painfully obsessive about everything being in the right place and traveling screws that all up.

My house is rather well organized and all things have a place. When [...]

My husband is not the greatest gift giver. In his defense, I am hard to buy for. I’m painfully practical and simple.

Since he has an issue with buying me the things I asked for, like socks and contact solution, the first few several years we were together, he would buy me things he liked.

For example, he likes [...]

You know how when you buy a pair of shoes that cost, let’s say $59.99, and you come home and show them off and when you’re asked how much they cost you say, “fifty bucks” (when, let’s be honest, after taxes, they’re really closer to $75!)

This is known as the round down.

Now, sadly, I do [...]

It’s Meme Tuesday. Ok, so maybe it’s more like a mid week meme. I’m posting this with an hour and a half to spare cause that’s how I roll (but if you want to join in, throw caution to the wind, and do it on WEDNESDAY, we’re easy like that.)

This week, we’re doing annoying quirks. [...]

Every year, my mom holds a small get together for each person’s birthday. She always gets the birthday person their favorite treat. My daughter, it’s mint chocolate chip ice cream, for my Brother in law, it’s cheesecake. For the last ten years, I’ve told her that I love Tiramisu.

My mom is slightly air heady and [...]

I’ve been blogging for about 3 and a half years. Before Twitter, before Facebook.  I’m hardly a pioneer, but I’ve been around long enough to see how blogging has morphed into many different things.

When I started, it was to journal. Period. We didn’t really advertise and ‘pimp’ our posts. Traffic wasn’t driving us. And very [...]