When I was young we went to Disneyland. I have some good memories. We went because we lived within driving distance. I don’t remember much beyond the It’s a Small World ride and Space Mountain and the Pirates of the Carribean ride. I’m sure there was more. I don’t remember where we stayed. It . . . → Read More: I’ve Never Been to Disney World

All the best blogs seem to have answers to questions or stories that end with some great moral to the story. A moral or solution or answer .. like they have it all figured out but it JUST happened and thank goodness they were blogging and they solved the problem.

I can’t really be . . . → Read More: I’m Not Feeling Very Relevant Right Now

Aw!!

I’m so lucky a super mom who went with the girls on the field trip sent me this picture.

Adorable!

I’m looking forward to printing it out and framing it. I haven’t formed the thought that makes my breath catch when I look at it but it’s something about eagles soaring.

Or . . . → Read More: Brookfield Zoo Field Trip

I can do almost anything with a show on my computer in the background.

Except write.

So what that really means is I can’t do anything with a show on in the background on my computer.

Le sigh.

S just asked me and I was stopped short for about a second before I replied:

“Honey, it doesn’t.”

Her response… “Wooooooooah!”

We let my 6yo … is she really 6? I still think of her as 5, probably because she’s still in Kindergarten for a few more days….

But she says to me, “Mom” she says, “you have to watch me play this Chihuahua game on the Wii – it’s amazing and has a trampoline . . . → Read More: The One Where My Daughter Schools Me On GameFly

…and gets a tarot reading.

It was fun, it was engaging, and I liked the woman who was doing it, giving me this amazing advice while using cute cards with pictures of animals on them to assist the process.

Today I was reading an article about college majors for the class of 2011 and . . . → Read More: A Girl Walks into a Store…

I was driving home from Indiana and thinking…you know the kind, the hard, good thinking that leads you to potentially life-changing decisions.

One of the things I decided was something I could blog about. Something that would be appropriate for every subject, every current events story, every thought in my mind.

It was a . . . → Read More: Epiphany Lost

There are some really good dentists out there.

But if you have teeth issues (like my darling husband) it kind of doesn’t matter, what you really need is a credit card with a really high limit. He got a tooth pulled last week for the low, low price of $425. One tooth. It’s crazytown. . . . → Read More: The Perils of Modern Dentistry