Sometimes I have such an intimate understanding into Charlie Brown’s life, specifically where Lucy is concerned. See, Charlie B. so very much wants to succeed and be generally accepted among his peers. Lucy knows full well how badly Chuck wants/needs acceptance and exploits this weakness to its fullest extent when she repeatedly asks him to [...]

A week or so ago I wrote about my struggles with Loren and his hesitance to attend religious education classes. This battle is nothing new, since he was about 11 his religious zest has seriously faded. I understand this as I was quite the same when I was younger. So much so that when I [...]

Because I believe him to be absolutely brilliant even if he is now barely passing science…

This is what Loren did for me for my DIY blogging job on his day off of school last Friday. He is currently grounded and unable to visit anybody other than me. So what better way to spend the afternoon [...]

For the most part I am open and honest with my kids. I am a lousy liar and I figure if I try to pull a fast one, or two, on them they will sniff me out and I will lose what little bit of credibility I have with them. This means that although I [...]

There are not too many people of whose lives I am envious. This might sound a bit off considering I spend so much time here on my blog bitching and moaning about how difficult my minute to minute existence is. But it is true. This life kicks my ass on a daily basis, but it [...]

Although my mother and I have been living together for the last 16 months we rarely do anything together. I spend a majority of my energies on the children, and what bits they don’t suck from my marrow get used on me just trying to be me. My mother spends most of her time getting [...]

I am trapped with a three year-old who will repeat same request until the cows come home. Currently he wants me to locate his Steve McQueen race car that has gone missing. I haven’ t the foggiest fucking idea where it is and I am about to cry from the stress of his incessant asking.
Loren [...]

Devon isn’t my favorite. We just happen to spend more time together than the other children. Loren is so often busy with high school. Cassidy is beginning to be more and more busy. So that leaves the Blonde One and me with each other to entertain day after day. Love him I do, and I [...]

Tonight I went to yoga class for the fifth day in a row. If one were to count the days of October one would see there are but five days passed and I have done yoga on all five of these days. If one were perceptive, one would see a connection between the number of [...]

I had my ass kicked in September. It came as something of a surprise since I had envisioned myself happily skipping through stands of yellowing Aspen trees once the kids returned to school. ‘Twas not to be. I knew I had hit some sort of bottom when one night last week I woke up at [...]