First it was Atticus. Now, Anne-with-an-e has started classes, too. The rest of us are sitting back,  taunting them cheering them on, and ...

The Post-Graduation Edition Except that it's not exactly "post-Graduation" around here. We have one more graduation celebr...

Saturday night : Big, noisy, community fireworks show. Big, traumatized dog. Sunday night : Slumber party for Betsy, who recently turned 1...

Where to begin? I wrote to a group of friends earlier this morning that life has recently had me running, and careening around corners, sk...

Recent goings-on: While Anne-with-an-e, Betsy and I went to see Wicked : Atticus took Ramona to the Children's Museum: And I see...

Last week the girls had the opportunity to participate in a Missoula Children's Theater production. This terrific traveling troupe comes...

* Whenever I sit down to write a blog post lately, I get sidetracked by reading other people's blogs. It's always "Just for a s...

We watched the finale tonight (Huzzah, Melissa ! But, we expect to see a show from Jeffrey , too .... ) and afterward, the kids had a snac...

This summer, I've been a relatively infrequent blogger. According to Google, which organizes my life for me, I'm averaging 4.7 posts...

Woke up at 5:15 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep. I spent 45 minutes thinking that I should go back to sleep. I didn't go back t...

Do you watch The Next Food Network Star ? Let me start by admitting that it's contrived and the challenges are ridiculous. But, this yea...

Every year, our subdivision has a Garage Sale Day. There are loads of sales within walking distance of one another and we always hit a bunch...

We watched The Next Food Network Star again tonight. Aaron talked about how hard it can be to talk and cook at the same time (though, I ha...

I've been so busy with life, and writing and celebrating Betsy turning twelve ( twelve ?! No, it can't be!) that I've had no tim...