Whenever I had a cold growing up, my dad used to always say, “Well, I can put you on some medicine for that and you’ll probably feel better in 7 days, or you can let it run its course and you’ll be well in a week.” I found his refusal to treat the common cold…
Last week we got letters in the mail telling us which class the girls would be in for preschool this year, and neither of them have stopped talking about it since. They are beyond excited to learn their new teachers’ names and discuss what their rooms will look like, what they’ll pack in their lunches,…
Exactly one year ago today, after much encouragement from the Spouse, I started this blog from a little table at Panera. I created a generic template on Blogger, typed my first post, and nervously hit “publish.” At that time I wasn’t sure if anyone would ever read it, if I’d be persistent enough to stick…
Yesterday morning I was talking on the phone to a friend when the Toddler came running into the kitchen with what she considered to be an urgent problem if not a full-blown emergency. Her plastic onion and lettuce ball had both {somehow} gotten stuck in the chute of one of her favorite toys–the Busy Ball…