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I had a lovely Mother's Day weekend, in part because it rained so I didn't have to help Marc with a massively overdue dump run. I ho...

Sometimes I still can't believe that two of my children have grown up and flown out of our little nest. It's super crazy-I'm so...

  I had such a great weekend with Marc's little sister Becca and her sweet boys Drew and Wes. They were my baby fix until November when ...

This past week has been long and hard. I hate writing about serious things, but I cannot move on here without saying how much I love Elea...

Getting ready to paint, bright and early and bushy tailed! There is a story about a farmer who has his young sons taking care of his hor...

clickity click here Perhaps you noticed the new button I added on the right side over there? It is for my very sweet-more-delightful than I...

It's true, I have been up to something. Something pretty wonderful. Last Tuesday I donated a kidney for my father-in-law. Before you ...

Probably there are a lot of ways you can successfully end up with a spoiled child but, dear friends, I can only share how we have done it....

So far the TV experiment has resulted mainly in Marc and I watching a lot of TV on my laptop and Ellie watching Ella Enchanted maybe twent...

I love any day, really, that involves giving me presents. For the record, today was quite fine. Jonathan gave me a bouquet of roses from ou...

Marc is making us give up television. To be fair, when we decided to cancel Dish I was on board with the plan. Our family watches vast and m...

Marc and I have been an item for almost twenty years; I'd say about 10 years ago he announced that he was done going to hair salons or b...

Oh boy there is a lot of screaming going on over here tonight! Ellie is mid tantrum and it is something to behold and behear. I made Maddie...