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As often happens during the winter, critters move inside.  And our house may as well have a flashing Vacancy sign over the roof!   All winter long, we’ve shared a house with a mouse.  A pregnant mouse.  We know she was pregnant...

The Dad and I are equal partners in our relationship.  We always have been and I foresee that we always will be.  We have one checking account that we each share equal responsibility with.  While I cook dinners, he’s in charge of breakfasts...

Contrary to what the title suggests, I have not been graced with any alone time at my own home.  You’ll know when this happens because you’ll experience the sigh heard round the world, right before I stretch across the entire bed and snooze!  ...

The first Valentine’s Day The Dad and I spent as a married couple found me without a voice.    Do you hear that?  All the other Dads out there are saying, “Wow!  How’d he score that??!?  No nagging about the lack of flowers...

Daughter 2 FINALLY finished her birthday celebration this weekend and all I have to say about that is Whew!   I do this to myself every year.  Daughter 1 celebrates her birthday right before Christmas and Daughter 2 celebrates right after...

Even before Al Roker predicted an Arctic Winter Snow Blast for my neck of the woods, I made the call.  Keep in mind I have no meteorology training.  (Really, I couldn’t even spell it without spell check!)  I don’t make it a hobby of studying...

Over Christmas break, The Daughters had several of their friends over quite a few times for “play dates.”  I love play dates.  They give The Daughters a chance to play with their friends outside of school.  They get to play games that require...

Daughter 1 & I (and this year Daughter 2) had this conversation.  We've had it almost every year since Daughter 1's started school.  It starts with this question:  Mom?  Why is Martin Luther King's birthday a holiday?...

            I have just returned from my 15th trip into Daughter 1’s room this evening.  We put her to bed about 45 minutes ago.  The first time she called me back to bring her a glass of...

            The Dad & I rang in the New Year with some great friends while the kids played the Wii in the other room. (Santa ROCKS!)  And as we bid our friends a “Happy New Year” with kisses...

The following is an actual transcript of a conversation that happened at our house on Christmas morning:   Daughter 1:  {in an excited but hushed tone} Momma!  Momma!   Me:  {in a mumbled, half asleep grumbly, mumbly mumble}...

  Several years ago, Natalie Cole – in what must have been a collaborative effort with Miss America-wannabes – released a Christmas song called, “A Grown Up Christmas List.”  I adored this song.  I thought the message was well thought...

I love my cousin Whitty  dearly.  She’s a lot of fun to hang out with and we always end up laughing… Mostly I’m laughing AT her, let’s be clear on that point, but we’re laughing none the less.            ...

I’m a night owl.  Plain and simple:  If the world would start at around 11:30 and let me sleep in until about 10:30, I’d be one happy momma.  I’d stay up late and do my thing and life would be good… assuming that The Daughters still...

            I let the Turkey Day have it’s 24 hours of glory and then I break out the dozens – no, hundreds – of Rubbermaid boxes that hold my most precious items (please, don’t call Human Services;...

As a young, single professional, I wanted to look the part, so I shopped.  I hit high-end department stores and didn’t wait for the sales.  I bought outfits that looked good and screamed, “Professional!” in every color.  When I’d get my...

  My mom and I recently attended a fairly nice, dress-up-and-go-to-town event.  It involved singin’ and dancin’, cheese and wine and cute little brownie squares with powdered sugar designs.  My pajama bottoms and AC/DC t-shirt just didn’t...

            I will be the first to admit that I kept a secret from The Dad – back when we were first dating and he was just The Boyfriend.  We began dating in June and I was right smack dab...

      The Daughter’s have only recently come to know exactly how Halloween works.  It’s not that we found it scary.  It’s not that we felt that it was morally wrong.  It was for two very distinct reasons: ...

              When I was pregnant with Daughter 1, I read all the books and researched all the latest parenting theories (all of which can basically be summed up with three little words: ...

            This weekend, we loaded up the minivan and headed south to The Dad’s childhood home to visit with his folks.  If you MapQuest this trip, you’ll discover that it takes approximately...

I “developed” early as a young woman.  I got my first bra (and not of the training variety, either) when I was in fourth grade.  And I peaked (no pun intended – well, maybe just a little pun) in the fifth grade.  I am not, as they like...

            This little story is not normally something I’d share with just anyone; I’m just   sharing it with you.  Consider yourself lucky… and don’t tell anyone I told you!  ...

            The Dad recently changed jobs and is now driving quite a bit more than he used to drive.  So when the government announced a fun little program called “Cash for Clunkers,” we...

            Normally The Daughters play soccer in the fall and softball in the spring.  This year, however, we bribed the girls with fancy pink-colored equipment to play fall softball and give...