I got an interesting call last week.  Someone from our elementary school called to get my thoughts on a whole-day kindergarten option.  Right now our school district only offers half-day kindergarten, either morning or afternoon.  This is a big commitment for the family chauffeur (in our case, that’s moi) because the buses do not run [...]

When I was cleaning house blog last night, I came across several fashion questions that were submitted weeks ago.  Evidently I started answering them but never finished, and they’ve been sitting in my Drafts folder ever since.  You can see why I don’t hold down a "real job" now, can’t you? To try to catch [...]

In all seriousness… Why The Church? – Thinking Christian (hat tip to Shannon) (This is Shannon’s brother, and also a friend of ours.  We found out about our small world connection several months ago!) From the Tongue to the Lips – Adventures in Babywearing On a lighter note… Top Ten Revisit Cute Infant Pasts – [...]

Isn’t NyQuil supposed to make you sleepy? So why am I sitting here, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and feeling rather agitated, I might add, two hours after medicating my flu with the trusty green stuff? It must be that daggum store brand my husband insisted on buying.  "It’s the exact same ingredients," he said.  [...]

My husband forwarded this article to me last week.  The timing was ironic, as we had just been discussing how men spend more time with their children nowadays than they used to.  What do you say?  Do you expect your husband to share equally in the household chores and child responsibilities?  Do you think your [...]

Yesterday our neighborhood had a window-cleaning party.  By that I mean that a group of us went in together to pay a window-cleaning company to do our houses on the same day for a modest discount. When I first broached the subject with my husband a few weeks ago, he immediately scoffed, "I can do [...]

I had a feeling it might be the end of the road for Chikezie this week.  I was bummed but not surprised that Ramiele wasn’t even in the bottom three.  She must have one hefty fan base supporting her.  I don’t suppose it much matters who goes at this point.  No one in the bottom [...]