Sixteen years ago today I had spent about 48 hours with no sleep due to the fact that 38 of those hours were spent trying to expel a 7 1/2 pound baby out of a space simply not meant for that kind of action. On this day all those years ago I had my wee [...]

Hello Caloden Fans. Not Heather again. Actually, I promised Heather that I would post for her tonight because Heather has been super busy being a Really Great Mom and needed a night off to spend with her spawn. Besides, I took my youngster to Vacation Bible School this morning (and then volunteered [...]

Devon is quite possibly one of the sweetest creatures on the face of the earth, he is loving, interested and devoted. He is also talkative. Chatty to the point where he sometimes looks at me and says, “Hellooooooo? I was saying this to you and you are not even using your ears, Mai-Mai! Duh”  Sort [...]

I don’t take myself too seriously; most of the time I realize I go through many of the days bumbling or stumbling, but one thing I do fairly well is drive a car. Yes, just like Rainman I am a good driver. Or so I thought. Today as I was returning home from swimming laps [...]

This week I have decided to forgo any sort of household responsibilites whatsoever and just spend time with the children. Yes, I have been keeping current on dishes and clean underwear, but as far as the nit picky details? Nuh-uh. Don’t care. It’s summer, man! This means Cassidy and I can get up in the [...]

Duh. Back tomorrow.

After about eight weeks I am starting to get the hang of this no wheat/no gluten thing. Well, mostly. This afternoon I paid Cassidy to watch Devon while I went out for a decent bike ride. I figured two hours was too long to ask her for a freebie and it gave the added bonus [...]

Cassidy has an ongoing prediction that Devon will grow up to be a professional ice skater. It’s sometimes hard to debate this  when I gaze upon his white locks and his sky blue eyes, though I think his career opportunities might also embrace professional chess player or some sort of romance language expert. I am [...]

It’s fairly obvious that I am at most times a walking mess of neurosis. Sometimes it gets to me but most of the time I just figure everybody has some sort of cross on their shoulders, some are just a bit more open about it than others. And really, it’s the ones who are all [...]

A few weeks ago the local movie rental store closed its doors. It was a combination of issues that prompted the closing, online rentals are cheaper, the owner wants to pursue other avenues, etc. I hate to think my staggering late fines had anything to do with it…. Whatever the case, the store closed and [...]