Gift anxiety: Present and accounted for
Let me be the first to gleefully - and with a certain amount of malice - point out to you that there are only 63 shopping days left until Christmas.
Bless this wondrous mess
The entire eight days GirlWonder was on vacation I prided myself on how well I was handling her absence.
House hunting for dummies
Does there exist a blog, website, or even random street corner where people can meet to poke merciless fun at the people featured on...
Dust bunnies
Kym Seabolt assumed as she entered the “empty nest” phase of life, her home would stay much neater. That turned out to be a bit of a myth.
Parenting 101: Cajoling and punishment
I suspect that civilization, as a whole, took a nosedive the very moment people started trying to reason with children. Children are, by nature,...
The season to embrace the imperfect
We are in the thick of the wonderful season that is Christmas at our home. The cookies, the caroling, the snow and the glow....
Daylight saved is daylight earned
Ask any three adults you know, I'm talking even the brilliant, highly educated ones. The ones who can't even match their shoes or tuck in their shirts, they are that smart.
Back to school has mom losing her cool
It seems that our nation's retailers and I have come to a complete and utter impasse as to what "back to school" entails.
Grads, don’t look back!
So, former high school students, today is your graduation day? Congratulations! Today is the first day of the Rest of Your Life, and all...
Top dog
The adventures of a recently promoted former emergency backup dog. Now that Ace is gone, Jagger has been promoted to Top Dog.
