Life Out Loud

The adventures of a recently promoted former emergency backup dog. Now that Ace is gone, Jagger has been promoted to Top Dog.

Kymberly Foster Seabolt love Christmas, but she hates decorating. She just wants to get through the hands-on part to sit back and enjoy the end result.

You would think that a person who has managed, however inexplicably, to choose a mate, choose to parent two lovely albeit argumentative small humans, and choose to share with the world at large the most intimate details of her life (and those of numerous innocent bystanders), would have little trouble making a commitment to the little things in life.

If there is anything to be learned from the third grade it is that I have long suspected, but only recently proven, that teachers go into the educational profession not because they love children, but rather, because they hate parents.

It was the use of the phrase "party circuit" that finally put me over the edge. The phrase was used in conjunction with the word "birthday" as in, "Are you doing the birthday party circuit?" The term used to explain that any self-respecting modern child must first have their "actual birthday day party" with cake and presents from immediate family followed by their "class party" whereby they take treats into class.

Kymberly Foster Seabolt dotes on Mr. Wonderful, reflecting on the kind of father he's been over the years, as Father's Day approaches.

To pumpkin spice latte or not to pumpkin spice latte — that is the question. Kym Seabolt digs into the nuances of pumpkin spice season.

Kym Seabolt recently celebrated her birthday and managed to turn it into a birthweek.

As if we needed further proof that celebrities are, in fact, pure evil, we have Gwyneth Paltrow nattering on in a recent issue of The British Mirror: "(Having a baby) changed the way I see the world,'' she told a reporter.

Alternate Kymberly is forever finding some great deal on something used, or a great crafty idea to use something she already owns.