I wasn't going to do it. I wasn't going to write the "Oh woe is me, it's Father's Day, and my daddy is dead" post....

I have a funny kid. Sometimes, strike that, most of the time, I shouldn't be laughing when I am, but I can't help myself. Today, at ...

Two moderately skilled people. Twenty to twenty-four hours. They weren't lying. Kevin and I looked at dozens of swingsets, both assemble...

6:00 AM Awaken to sound of Christopher galloping down the hallway. 6:02 AM Try to shoo Christopher back down the hallway. 6:03 AM Curse...

It's the last day of May, so it's the last day I'm celebrating my blog's fifth birthday. I say celebrating, but mostly I...

So, I'm still celebrating five years of this little blog. Why, I'm not sure, except that I have more links to share. Trust me, I don...

Two of the first bloggers I developed strong friendships with have both moved into a different type of blogging. I still enjoy reading their...

In July 2006, I took a trip. I jumped on a plane and headed to Blogher in Chicago. There were more than a few moments that I thought I might...

Today is Kevin's birthday. Let's get that out of the way so we can talk about something far more important. (Kidding, of course. Hap...

Kevin and I had a date last night. We went to see a band. The last time we did that, it was 2008, we went to see Liam Finn, I posted about i...

"I believe that as people of God, we must answer evil. Sometimes that answer is prayer, sometimes that answer is force. Is killing ever...

It's Good Friday. We didn't go to church last night, and that always makes me feel off for starting Easter weekend. However, for the...

One morning last week, as Christopher was walking into preschool, he dropped some of his Easter eggs. I had his backpack in one hand and Col...

Oh, hello. Yes, this is still a blog. No, I haven't forgotten about it. Thanks for asking. Baby Colin started walking. He also dropped...

No need to wonder why my anxiety induced eczema is flaring like crazy lately. Just take a peek at my little daredevil. He'll be 14 mon...

I love pimento cheese. I hate pimentos. This has presented a problem for me most of my life. A problem, that is, until I came up with th...

Apparently, I have needed a hiatus. I didn't know I needed a hiatus, but it's been a little over two weeks since I wrote anything, a...

I'm just grumpy. No fun to be around. Grumpy. Stupid spring. Stupid trees budding and making my allergies try and kill me. Making me g...

I miss him. I didn't expect to miss him, but I do. There are things that I would have told him if he were still here. Things that aren...

We are home. My boys are sleeping in their own beds for the first time in two weeks. Two of the four of us have a stomach bug. The dogs are ...