one more day

of "heat index" and leaving the air conditioning run.  Meanwhile, I keep tossing popsicles at the kids in the pool and wiping my b...

ornery

Years ago I just decided that March is winter and spring doesn't really begin until April.  By adopting this calendar, I'm a lot les...

back

All 3 kids are back in school and they didn't even have a snow delay today!  Methinks Mr. B was milking it a bit towards the end of his ...

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...

under there, back there, around here

Only a couple small-ish mold colonies were destroyed in yesterday's biannual Cleansing of the Fridge.  What always stymies me, however, ...

wetland restoration update

It's been pretty quiet back there for the last couple weeks.  All that's left of the big equipment are these tracks: The ugly black ...

hating on fall

A bunch of you asked about my harsh feelings towards autumn--the season of scarecrows, pumpkins, spiced cider and colorful leaves. What...

redundant

I feel like I'm trapped in that movie Groundhog Day . I keep reliving the same snowstorm, the same digging out of the winter gear, the ...