Today is national Take Your Kid to Work Day. Naturally, I began thinking what this day means to me, as a full-time homemaker. Oprah is fond of saying that stay-at-home moms have the “hardest job in the world.” Of course she is well-familiar with her demographic and her viewers, so it is a wise thing [...]

We have wanted to move for a long time. With three bedrooms the seams are beginning to gape, and the thread is groaning under massive pressure. One ill-timed bending over to tie our shoes will mean an explosive split and a glimpse of our polka-dotted undies.

The fire was lit under us back in December, when [...]

Hunting for a house is like hunting for a deer. You think you might see one, from afar, but as you approach you realize you were wrong. The deer is actually a rotting tree stump and the house “for sale” is actually advertising that Mile Hi Aeration was responsible for leaving the lawn looking like [...]

Nini and I saw U2 last night.

We braved a massive hailstorm, backsplash on the overwhelmed highways, and bone-crackingly cold rain to get there. It was worth every drop of rain that frizzed my hair. It was worth having my cute black ballerina flats fill with puddle water.

The opening band was the “Blah-mumble-mumble Kings”. This [...]