“Simon Says: Pick Your Butt With Your Finger.”


The good news is that N feels better after a weekend bout with either food poisoning or a food allergy.

The bad news is that N feels better after a weekend bout with either food poisoning or a food allergy. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s A Reason Hamster Moms Eat Their Young


Yesterday we had a fabulous day at MRU.  The weather was superb, the friends were plentiful and entertaining, the kids seemed to really enjoy each other…

Then there was N.  My sweet, adorable, lovable N.  Quirky, argumentative, baffling N.  Sometimes I wonder: If I was a hamster, would I have eaten him as a baby? Read the rest of this entry »

The Day the Music Died (but only temporarily, and it won’t happen again)


I’ve been away for awhile.  Not in jail or the looney bin or anything, but things got busy and all of a sudden more than a year went by.  I fully intended to resurrect the blog on the one year anniversary of the last post, but I think we can all deal with that particular deadline coming and going.  If you can’t hang with my tardiness, we probably shouldn’t be pretend online friends anymore.  Just saying. Read the rest of this entry »

“I wish you all were dead!”


How’s that for drama?

Last Wednesday I had a friend over for coffee, though I forgot to tell N and E that she was there as *my* friend.  She and I tried really hard to chat, but they both wanted to hang out with her too.  The boys had a lot of important topics to cover, including showing her their favorite LEGO sets and suchlike.  E really wanted me to show the Eiffel Tower, which I badly damaged in transit and he delighted in telling everyone about.  Some people say they run into doors to cover abuse…and some people really run into doors. Read the rest of this entry »