So here’s something I didn’t plan on before getting married: helping out my in-laws at tax time. This morning on worked on my mother-in-law’s taxes… after having looked at my uncle-in-laws taxes a week or two ago… after having been “available for questions” with my sister-in-laws taxes a week or two before that. (I’ve already […]
Okay, maybe not yours or mine, but your parents’ or mine?
For the first time in 10 years, we live in the same area as both my mom and Bald Man’s parents. While my mom was the “lucky” one to be the only parent/grandparent around for years, she now has to share her precious time […]
Kerri’s brother just headed to the Middle East earlier this week. He is leaving behind a wife and son. On the one hand it seems a bit cruel for him to depart only days before Christmas, but we know it is thus so that another soldier who has been away for twelve months or more […]
We’re less than a week from the Christmas festivities, and our plans are starting to take shape. This is the first Christmas since our first that we’ve have both sides of the extended family in town. (Go here for more details.) So, the inevitable questions are arising: What do we do? When and where do […]
The triptophane has my mind wandering so I thought I’d ask whether or not the Thanksgiving followed the stereotypical route in your house. You know? Ladies cook up a storm while the guys watch football. Then on Friday the ladies exact revenge by dragging their guys from store to store in the wee hours of […]
Moving now from Buddha to the Bible, consider the following from the book of Genesis:
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.” The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every […]
Yeah, I am a mom. No, I’m not talking about that kind of storytime. No toddlers sitting cross-legged on the primary-colored alphabet-themed carpet. No mothers shushing their “active” kids while tots squirm around to watch the librarian turn the colorful pages.
No, I’m talking about the kind of storytime that comes from […]
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, to all of you in the United States! According to estimates by the American Automobile Association, more than 80% of the 38 million Americans traveling out of town this weekend will do so by car. That’s up from last year despite record gas prices.
Why am I telling you this? Because I […]
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