Aww! This vintage image reminds me of our sweet chocolate Lab in heaven, Molly. And that’s me, holding her. Hope everyone has a great St. Patty’s day! Now, on to the column I wrote for the occasion, which ran in yesterday’s paper…. _____________________ Don’t forget to wear something green tomorrow. If you don’t, you might [...]

Two special anniversaries occurred this winter. One – my 20th wedding anniversary – I wrote about. But the other slipped my mind until now. February 8th marked my five-year anniversary of writing this column. It’s crazy to think that I’ve been writing here for that long. In many ways, it doesn’t seem like it’s been [...]

I’m sitting here procrastinating, something I’m quite good at. Today it’s the grocery shopping I don’t want to do. Because buying food is no longer fun. Twenty years ago, when I first got married, I’d have laughed if you said I’d feel this way someday. I loved grocery shopping. I even liked clipping coupons. These [...]

Bedtime for my toddler, Jonah, is down to a science these days. We’re not really bed-sharing kind of parents, so we’re trying to get him to sleep in his crib all night. We’d made progress toward that goal before Christmas. But we had houseguests who needed to use the daybed in the nursery. So he [...]

Ok, every parent thinks their children are the best-looking, smartest kids ever. So please humor me as a brag a little bit about latest antics of my handsome little geniuses. Zach made a 94 on his Vocabulary From Classical Roots final exam he had last week. And Eli made 100 on his Learning Language Arts [...]