Today was the first day in a long time that there was nothing on our calendar. Nothing. And so, of course, I started dreaming up ideas to fi...

Hello! I've so much to tell about our four days in the "Historic Triangle" of Virginia, I'm going to split up the posts so...

After being a Mama for 5 1/2 years now, I feel like I should have been prepared.  Prepared with consequences, and the right words, so that I...

Not a new lesson, and not original, but a good one nonetheless:  Favorite books truly are like old friends, where the friendship picks right...

I am reminded that how good or bad a day turns out to be has more to do with my attitude and less to do with my circumstances.  Yesterday st...

The amount of time needed to deal with paperwork (school papers, mail, magazines, bills, etc.)  increases proportionally to how long ago tha...

This week I am remembering that I am most productive when I am working from a well-crafted list, detailed almost down to minutiae, divided i...

This weeks lesson comes from the little guy:  the tail pipe of the car is hot if you touch it! (especially if you've just gotten home fr...

This week's lesson is that if you are taking muscle relaxants and lots of pain medication, you should probably not be blogging, as it ma...

This week we learned...that if you buy ice cream at the school cafeteria, and run out of time to eat it, it is not a good idea to put it in ...