I’d really like to breathe through my nose again. 

If Molly brings me a roll of tissue does she want to play fetch or go outside?

Except for ear pain and congestion that makes me feel like I am in a tunnel, I am almost human again. I think my windows are infected but I do not like getting lectures from doctors that “we never do that procedure any more” and I do not want to take anything other than my […]

I peeked at some of the Super Bowl commercials online this afternoon. It took forever so there must be a lot of other people checking them out. None of them made me laugh out loud the way the Dr.Pepper commercial featuring this song did last week.

Tissues crammed in a leaky nostril may not be pretty but it seems practical when you feel like crud. Even with the schools closed, people are still dropping like flies in East TN. I smell a conspiracy and so does Lili. Where’s Oliver Stone when you need him?

Everyone in the family is sick or just getting over sickness. No two patients seemed to have the same symptoms but the end result is that we need a HazMat crew to come over and disinfect the house before we all catch it again. Doug has declared that Noah should have been named Chuck as […]

I would be very appreciative if the makers of Legos, K-nex, Bionicles and those teeny tiny Playmobile miniatures would magnetize their toys. It would make clean-up much easier. While you’re making things more useful, a sippy cup with a lid that toddlers can’t remove would be really helpful. As I’ve said before, I still want […]

Political Soapbox Time: TN Lottery and Pre-K WHY are our legislators opposing helping our young children in favor of giving money to college students who will probably leave the state for jobs? When TN politicians were selling the public on the benefits of having a state lottery, they repeatedly used the words “like Georgia’s lottery”. […]

How stupid is the bird that flies into a window covered with toddler handprints and dog noseprints?

School’s out but my two morning children (and Molly) were wide awake and ready to play at 6 a.m. this morning. Sarah dragged out of bed at 8 like a sane person. Tommy will sleep until lunch. Doug’s gone for his last day of the Oak Ridge contract. Except for a cough and a whine […]