Unexpected Gifts
#5 is sick. He’s been sick off and on for more than two months and every time we think we’ve figured it out, we haven’t. In the realm of sick kids it is both the worst (vomiting & diarrhea and …...
View Article13 Steps to Successful Snow Removal
1. First, have five children. Buy each one a snow shovel. 2. When your children complain and ask, “When are we going to get a snowblower?” explain that you already have one: 5 kids with shovels who...
View ArticleIf You Weren’t Sick Before…
Earlier this spring, both #4 and #5 went home sick from school on the same day. This type of thing happens only when CC is out of town, and then most often on a Wednesday, my longest work day (for …...
View ArticleWhen Your Kid Isn’t Ready for College
Have you ever heard the phrase “If you can spot it, you’ve got it”? Basically, it means that many of the thing that annoy us in other people are things that annoy us in ourselves. Things we’d rather...
View ArticleLong Time Gone
It’s been a while. Long enough for my widgets to stop working and all my social media account links to break. Long enough for pretty much everything about how WordPress works to change. Long enough for...
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