There is an “Everyone Loves Raymond” episode where Frank hears about a neighbor’s garage sale and how much money they made. His line sums up our lives at the moment: “Hey! We have much better crap!” He then plans a yard sale – because a yard sale “sounds classier.” I have spent a good chunk […]

Paint – bought. Bed rail – bought. 3 to 6 month clothes – in laundry. Eyes – unchanged. New contacts ordered. Kids – bathed. Husband – sleeping through the verdict on “Law and Order”. Midnight snack – leftover split pea soup. Second midnight snack – cherry chocolate ice cream.

I looked at the calendar for the rest of the year and made this stunning pronouncement to the Webmaster: “If we are going to paint the second bedroom before we move the Munchkin into it, it has to be this weekend. Everything else from then on out is shot.” Yes, it is true. While there […]

The Webmaster came home one day shortly before my birthday and told me that he had gotten a magazine subscription for me as one of my birthday gifts. He’d bought it from a co-worker’s daughter, who was fundraising for her school. “I just couldn’t say no to a little Asian girl on crutches!” he cried. […]