stuff I've learned

A baseball tournament without a runs per inning rule is cruel and disheartening when a team can't pitch well.  I boycotted the concessio...

murphy's law, mother nature, coffee grounds

To recap:  I didn't go grocery shopping on Monday because the kids had no school and I was all Let's stay home and play and I'll...

pididdle!

It's my job as a mom to teach my kids the basics.  Stuff like how to pick up after themselves, how to pour milk over cereal prepare a me...

categorized under "damn it"

Sunday 9:00 a.m. CST   Green Girl is ready for church; teeth brushed, breakfast eaten, dressed and combed.  She's even got her shoes on....

the weirdest thing I saw yesterday

Yesterday's bizarre discovery began with a request from Mr. T for a coffee cake. This led to digging through the tried-and-tested cookb...

heavy stuff

I arrived home Sunday to hear about an incident at Happyland Elementary. A couple of boys were bullying a smaller boy in their grade. I d...

you wanna build a what?

Early this morning Mr. D took off for 5 days of golf in Arizona. It's been a mild winter, hardly any snow. Naturally, the morning he l...

intermission

I confess to be nervous and consequently a tad (okay, Mr. D, MORE than a tad) bitchy this morning as I fretted over a radio interview about ...