Someone please explain that it is winter time to the naked 2-year-old running through the house squealing. Please tell the squirrels fighting over the suet that they should be hibernating. Please tell Molly not to eat candy she finds hidden in the childrens’ rooms.

I’m still annoyed about the Christmas card snafu. Shouldn’t the cards have had a note on the box reminding me to get extra postage? I should clean while the little people are tucked in their beds, but I really want to inventory my Christmas shopping and see what I have left to shop for before […]

I dropped half my Christmas cards in the mail and took the remainder to the post office because I ran out of stamps. The postman informed us that my cards are extra bulky and will cost an extra 12 cents each to hand cancel. I can’t do anything about all the cards that have already […]

Ten days?!? Argh!

Click on the cartoon to see a larger version of what it’s like being married to Doug. 

Amy loves her bandaids. 

My mother called Noah last night. “How do you think you’re going to like your new room?” “I don’t have any room at all right now.”

The weekend was quite disappointing. We didn’t get anything done I had hoped to get done. The house is a complete disaster and I am drowning in chores and anxiety. Company this coming weekend, Christmas the following weekend and a Girl Scout sleepover the next weekend.

Several years ago Tommy and Sarah were playing on my parents’ back porch. Tommy wanted a toy that he knew was behind a wasp nest. He sent Sarah to retrieve the toy and being the eager-to-please child that she is (adolescence is curing some of that) she went to retrieve the toy. Three stings later […]

A lifetime ago I was 20-years-old and married less than a week when someone at work gave me a recipe to try. “It’s easy and cheap.” I eagerly attempted the chicken and potatoe chip casserole that night. It took extra time to figure out how many cups are in 2 pounds of flour. The uncooked […]