The kids woke up at 5 AM… and it’s now 6:20. All presents are opened… and the family is off to the donut shop to get some fresh hot Christmas morning donuts. My heart is full of love and I’m sending it out to you too… Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare [...]

Those of you who have been reading me for the last few years may remember a few stories about my cat Edgar. He’s the one that got stuck in the Christmas tree a few years back. Today, I left work a little early with the intent of getting a haircut on my way home. Stopped [...]

My 4 year-old son, when his 6 year-old sister is not around, has taken to “parenting” my husband and me. It’s really very funny. Two spectacular examples of that this weekend: My husband was standing with a group of parents, at ST’s school, while my son, GT, was desperately trying to get his attention. “Daddy!” [...]

I’d like to formally announce that I hate the corporate expression “open the kimono.” The folks who tend to use that expression in a meeting are a) the kinds of folks you REALLY don’t want to see/envision in a kimono, and b) if they were actually WEARING a kimono, you DARN sure wouldn’t want them [...]

We’re all sitting around the dinner table tonight… having cheeseburgers, fries, and steamed snap beans. The steamed snap beans were a new addition, but I figured since the kids like green beans I had a pretty high probability of snap bean acceptance. ST looks down at her plate. “Ew! Mommy! I don’t want to eat [...]

…I’m in the kitchen here at work to get some hot water for tea. My admin is in there and we’re chatting… I need a sheet of labels, does she have them? Well, it depends, what kind do I need? Etc. She says she’ll bring a sheet by for me in just a moment, and [...]

As I was giving ST her bath tonight, she very somberly asked, “Mommy, do you believe in Santa Claus?” I smiled at her and said, “Of course I do.” She nodded, as though she expected her mother to be so wise. “And do you believe that Jesus Christ is Santa’s Daddy? You know, Jesus came [...]