No Flashback today, because Tad has preempted it. Every year, the kids come home from school with some kind of craft that they have made and wrapped up at school as a present for Mom and Dad.  Last year, Ane made a calendar that we used over by the computer for the year.  Sometimes it’s […]

Once all the Christmas cards went out (aside from the straggler here and there, and the few that I will hand-deliver), I knew it was time to put the pedal to the metal and BAKE LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW. Unfortunately, when I went to prep some gingerbread cookie dough, I discovered I only had 1/3 […]

It is a well-known fact that parents are capable of embarrassing their children easily and quickly.  However, these incidents usually take place in public, when the child is afraid of being seen with their parent. I managed to embarrass Ane yesterday without even leaving the house. I was working on many and varied Christmas projects […]

This week we are going into the waaaaay back machine and digging something that had to be scanned out of the archives.  Thank you, Auntie, for helping me out! Since I posted the kids’ Santa picture from this year, I thought it was only fair to post one of my own.  This is from my […]