Enviro-Girl Morphs to Metro-Girl

Tonight I leave for NYC and I've managed to make my weekend's needs fit into a carry on that complies with the TSA's 3-1-1 rules...

Christmas Photo

Last night after dinner I ran 3 bachelors through the tub, put them in pajamas and positioned them in front of the Christmas tree. I instru...

MeMe, Oh My

Happy Thursday everyone! I'm It! annabanana from Outposts in My Head tagged me, so here we go: The Rules Link to the person that t...

Enviro-Girl Episode II--Attacking The Kitchen

In a smog-filled, carbon-emitting world mild-mannered blogger Green Girl morphs into Enviro-Girl, her superhero alter ego, in hopes that thr...

Bad Mommy Stuff Part II

My oldest is just like me, sensitive, imaginative, free-spirited and oblivious to what the rest of the herd is up to. I ache sometimes know...

so tired. so so tired

Perhaps I overdid it yesterday with the 5 loads of laundry, church, book shopping and tree decorating. Maybe it's that this week's ...

Happy Sunday

What a fine, fine day to be home again. My zits are receding to "blemishes." Church as fantastic as always. We got our Christma...

Home Sweet Home

Survived Thanksgiving with Mr. D's family. His fat, lazy-assed cousin ate most of the pie so I didn't get any and I left my make up...

Taking it on the Road

Great things going in my bag to Iowa today: * Water for Elephants * Boots Botanics Fresh Faced Tinted Moisturiser making me look less red...

Frost, Facebook and Footed Pajamas

This morning I walked Mr. T to school--it's lovely out. Our first serious frost of the season. We strolled through the field and marve...

And Mr. G makes 3

My older 2 sons share a room, it's a HUGE bedroom, larger than mine and Mr. D's, and in that room are bunk beds and a double bed. T...

An Attitude of Gratitude

I have prepared my children for giving thanks. My mother in law has claimed this holiday (my parents got Easter in Minnesota when we divvie...

Deer Widow Blues

The guitar strums a steady beat and cigarette smoke drifts in clouds above my head. A half-empty bottle of whiskey sits on a stool near by....

BAD Mommy Stuff

And I don't type this with a coy wink. This isn't "Bad Mommy" as in I wore an apron to bed last night and told Mr. D he w...

Death Wishes

Lately Death has been a topic of conversation around our house. The other day Mr. T (Bachelor #1) told me, "Well, after Dad dies and I ...

Cultural Understanding

In preparation for the Great Gun Hunt in Wisconsin, an event that begins on Saturday morning and lasts for one week, the following things wi...

Baby Oak Trees

There are some amazing oak trees in the Back 40 of our Estate. I'm bringing some of their babies up to the open field by our house. T...

The Suck Up

Big Daddy is letting me go to New York City. More accurately, Big Daddy is footing the bill for my trip to The Big Apple (a place I've...

Good French Philosophy

French women have a saying that goes something like this (ouch! damn Spiderman disc just dinged me on the head--what is with boys and thei...

Brrrrr...

Living in Wisconsin we tend to talk A LOT about weather, especially in winter, so brace yourselves. Last night we froze. Bachelor #3 snugg...

My (real) Book Club

Last night I finished Richard Russo's Bridge of Sighs (sigh). The Bumble Book Club meets to discuss it on Monday night, so I made it t...

Midnight Anthem (sung to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner)

Oh say can you hear the footsteps in flight? How quickly they run across hallway then down stairs Bare feet hit the tile-- They're comin...

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes?

Of my 3 sons, Bachelor #2 is the most interested in the fairer sex. He's the one who gawked at a window display for Victoria's Secr...

The Measure of This Woman

My favorite bloggers post lists of things they like and hate--and a lot of the time I'm nodding as I read, shouting "Amen!" to...

Joining the Blogosphere

I'm a Blogoholic. I also enjoy strong dark coffee, reading, NPR and cuddling with my children. A year ago I though blogs were pompous, ...