I feel the need for a sing-a-long: Jeremiah was a bull frog Was a good friend of mine I never understood a single word he said But I helped him a-drink his wine And he always had some mighty fine wine

Bad – Dropping an entire plate of spaghetti. Worse – Dropping it right on top of the dog. Good – A husband who bathes the dog while I clean the mess. Best – Enough food for a fresh plate of spaghetti.

I try to limit my posts on political and social issues. I think the following quote from Wampum is worth pondering. “US Aid promised for tsunami disaster relief: $15,000,000.00 Cost of US war operations in Iraq, per day: $177,000,000.00”

I should do laundry and clean but I want to relax and do nothing. 

For New Year’s Eve we are having half a dozen eight preteen and teenaged Girl Scouts over for a sleepover. Except for making marshmallow guns, I don’t know what we are going to do to stay busy. The girls’ maturity varies from that of a 16-y-o to a 6-y-o in the blink of an eye. […]

I just dropped Sarah and her best friend at the theater to see Fat Albert. On the way there I said “Hey, hey, hey!” in my best Fat Albert voice. Sarah replied “Howdy, howdy, howdy.” I felt like a dinosaur, but no older than I do every time she sings the words to “1985” and […]

Regardless of how startling it is, I never get tired of a little toddler finger peeling my eyelid open. “Get up Mommy.”

He’s still working on my computer but I have been allowed to check my e-mail and jot a quick blog entry. Maybe he’ll figure out why my sidebar is all snafu. The house is STILL a disaster area and the in-laws are coming tomorrow. I need a day of rest, Amy is sick and Tommy […]

Our Christmas tree has gold painted okra pods on it. Does anyone have anything stranger on their tree?

I finished wrapping and stretched out on the couch at 3 am. That was when Doug started assembling Amy’s play kitchen. At 5 am I heard him testing all the sound effects and for the next hour and a half he raced around the house getting things set-up. Noah was up first, then Sarah, then […]