summer already?

summer already?

Yep. One more full day of school (Tuesday) and two more half days (Wednesday and Thursday). That's it. Then "Mayhem" ...
uncool mom.  cool mom.

uncool mom. cool mom.

What I learned this week: 1. I am not a cool mom. 2. I am a cool mom. FavoriteSon was ...
chicken-grape-salad

Chicken Grape Salad

A track meet lasts for hours. HOURS. I suppose I understand. If FavoriteSon doesn't rest between races, he tends to ...
539 out of 200

539 out of 200

This post, entitled 539 out of 200, was originally published on Pragmatic Commotion on February 19, 2009. yep. I said ...
freedom to be different.

freedom to be different.

Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest ...

mom coping strategy #1: sleep.

Tina has inspired me again. A few weeks ago, she wrote a post on a Bible study she was doing ...
a little commotion

a little commotion

I've been lax over at Pragmatic Commotion, but I've put up a few posts in the last few days: 549 ...
". . . therefore I quote"  Pausch & Hartman

“. . . therefore I quote” Pausch & Hartman

I read, therefore I quote. "Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. " — Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture) There's a ...
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Healthy, Stealthy Paella

(Ghostwritten - and "ghostphotographed" - by FirstHusband, finalized by the freakish perfectionist. This recipe is another of FirstHusband's inventions.) FavoriteSon ...