I need a do-over today. 

Parenting terror alert level – red Sarah is failing math and social studies because she hasn’t been turning in her assignments. Tommy is tormenting his biology teacher and bus driver daily (m-team tomorrow). Amy is so jealous of the attention Evan gets that she has become a screaming terror. Evan quit sleeping through the night […]

Evan celebrated an early Christmas yesterday thanks to his Aunt Jeni and Uncle Dean. Amy was the designated unwrapper. I got excited about the soft baby sleepers (cute little footies) and immediately dressed him in one for the evening. Baaaaad Mommy. I spent the morning picking fuzz out of his ticklish toes (giggles) and dozen […]

Dear Burger King customer, I wish I could tell your son that he will NOT be “burning in hell for disobeying his parents”. I feel very confident that anything that tiny 5-year-old has done will be forgiven. Cathy

The mornings are getting pretty cool now so, it's time to pull out the warm and toasty. . . . . socks. What? You thought I was going to say boots? This is the south. We are surrounded by mountains that shelter us from most bad weather. I can count on one hand the number […]

I think I need to remove the capture all from my e-mail setup. The spam that looks like bounced mail is completely out of control.

This morning Doug hugged me and gently kissed my neck. “I love you. I love everything about you. I love the pillowcase wrinkles on your cheek. I love the way your hair is matted down here and sticking up there. I love the dried drool marks on your chin. I love the mascara smears under […]

Our Girl Scout troop is up to 13 members now. There are two troops with girls from Sarah’s school. The other troop has 5 members and is not taking any new girls because “the girls are all friends who have been together for several years”. I told the other troop’s leader that we have a […]

The new, larger edition of TV Guide came today (free subscription – thanks to slickdeals) and I read the article about LOST. I made a seriously stupid assumption about the show that the article pointed out and now I have to watch the entire series again to look for evidence.

Dear Sarah, We are very generous to allow you on group dates with a chaperone. Asking for more is pushing your luck. I believe you that he is wonderful, but you are both just starting your ride on the hormone roller coaster so we are not ready to allow you to be in a situation […]