I already lived this story once recently.  I was not looking to relive it again so soon. The Webmaster was laid off yesterday from his job of 13 months. Yes, this was unexpected. Yes, it sucks. Yes, the layoffs are company-wide. Yes, he got a severance package. Yes, we have been saving up in preparation […]

One of the worst parts of Tad’s gluten free diet was that I pretty much gave up baking.  I did do some baking, but it was all out of boxes.  And I have to say that gluten-free baking is pretty frustrating.  Nothing rises the same way as it does with regular old flour, no matter […]

The Webmaster and I are now attending a Monday evening small group through our church, which has several other couples with small children.  The up side is that there is childcare.  The even better up side is that the childcare is Auntie – and we bring her there each week. On the way home last […]

The Webmaster had to work on Saturday – which is a rarity for him.  And the weather was also fairly nice – also a rarity on a Saturday in the fall. So, I decided to take the kids to the zoo.  By myself.  Yes, my sanity was questionable.  But it gave us something to do […]