I think it’s great when teachers assign projects instead of reports. I am less pleased when the assignment is to create a life size cardboard replica of a historical figure (assigned by the teacher) with the face cut out for students to pose behind. Do they really think a fourth grade boy is going to […]

I'm playing with this to see if I can create something for the children, but I can't change the margins. Any ideas?

Place your bets on which of my children will be the first to break a bone. 

Since all the cool kids are doing it, I joined two group blogs. Check out My Husband's Crap and My Kids are Pigs.

Does Doug look more like Gary Sinise or Tom Hanks?

Originally uploaded by cathymccaughan. Girl Scout cookie orders begin TODAY! The varieties are the same as last year except the Double Dutch has been replaced with Cafe’ Cookies. If you don’t eat cookies, consider buying a box for Gift of Caring to donate cookies to deserving organizations in your community. Our troop is collecting boxes […]

“Where’s the phone Sarah?” “I put it back after my conference call with B and T.” “Noah, do you have the phone?” “Did I half the foam?” “Do you have the PHONE?” “Oh, uh, what was the question again?” “Never mind.” “Tommy, have you seen the phone?” “Yes.” “Where is it?” “I dunno.” “Is it […]

Dear Knoxville Middle School, I am sorry that my daughter is dressed like a hoochie-mama. I promise that at the beginning of the school year, just 4 months ago, her jeans waistband actually fit around her waist. I don’t know when the waistband moved to just above the umm, equator of her backside. I only […]

I just removed the cardboard tubes from all of our gift wrap. The wrap is very likely to get crumbled and torn now, but Sarah needed a dozen cardboard tubes for a school project. It could be worse. In the past I have had to empty canned goods into rubbermaid so that cans could be […]

Why are the most viewed pictures in my flickr account, the ones of me breastfeeding or naked? There’s nothing pornographic in there you pervs.