Some people are not team players; I am one of them. Last night, while trying to get my pumpkin done Devon felt inclined to join my decorating team and assist me. As much as I love him, and that is tons, I wanted to stuff him in a closet as I watched him flinging purple [...]

I love to sleep. Not in the super depressed I want to sleep forever sort of way. I love to sleep because from the time I first birthed another living being, sleep has become the most precious of commodities. At this point it is more golden than money and since I no longer have a [...]

Earlier this afternoon I was joking around with Cassidy in the car. I can’t remember how it started, but I was talking about the dog and she jumped into the conversation. At some point I asked her is she was a girl dog and she said, yes, that she was. Loren took that opportunity to [...]

This evening was the first real snow at our altitude for the season. I had a long winded post brewing in my head about my trip to Utah, returning home and getting on with my life. But really, that would have been rather boring and somewhat repetiitive. So instead, here are some pictures that, to [...]

Random thoughts from our field trip to the Shakespeare Festival:
1. Spending 36 consecutive hours with 16 teenagers is nothing short of insane, and I mean that from the depths of my soul. On the other hand, it is a welcome break from chasing Devon everywhere.
2. One of the moms was asking a local [...]

Today I faced one of my worst fears head on and, I would like to think, tackled it to the ground. I am scared shitless of teenage girls. Boys I can handle. But girls in all forms make me want to run screaming. I spent over 7seven hours in a car with three giggling 14 [...]

One of the most difficult thing about dealing with my father’s passing is getting through the time period between 5:12 p.m. and 5:46 p.m. The afternoon of his death he called my mom at 5:12 to tell her he was done working and was going for a bike ride. She and I were at our [...]

Last night I had a particularly difficult time falling asleep; I tossed and turned until nearly two in the morning. I was worried about everything from the fact that I have not been overly productive during October to the thought of winter coming and I that need to get new snow tires for the [...]

Why are my children STILL sleeping in my bed??? Well, make that my parents’ bed because since we moved in my mother has slowly gravitated to my father’s old office. It could be because they are traumatized by so many things or it could be that the whole family bed load of crap has is [...]

I am a spinster. It is official. It is Friday night. My kids are with their father. And the highlight of my night? I am going to help my mother put together her new Shopvac. Oh yeah, baby. Good times here.
I might console myself with the fact that I have been flat on my back [...]