Posts in ‘2007’

Peyton had chest and sinus x-rays at the clinic today. With no fever and her lungs sounding clear, they wanted to check for a sinus infection. It turns out that she has a nasty case of sinusitis…something that sounds like a totally made up illness….but luckily it only requires a regiment of antibiotics and she [...]

I would truly like to thank Pinellas county for giving my family a fresh new experience in why not all bookstores are created equal. The kids and I were making our way to the All Children’s Hospital oncology/hematology Christmas party on Sunday when Rachael looks over and hands me the perfect argument for why literacy [...]

I have to ask how many people actually tried to lick their elbow after my last post. I got several emails about attempts to do this and it just cracked me up. Frankly, Rachael’s still trying to do it. Do I need to put “do not try this at home” disclaimers on this site now? [...]

Just to keep things interesting, I like to mess with my kids. Perhaps that surprises you…you must not have been reading this blog for very long. Tonight at dinner, the kids were getting a little down about not seeing Pete and to break up the moodiness I threw out a challenge. I would buy a [...]

I’m so sad for Peyton today. We were in the car and she was having one of her conversations with her kitty Molly. “Molly’s sad, mommy.” “Why’s Molly sad?” “Her daddy moved away and she misses him.” “Oh baby, are you sad?” “No. Molly is.” “Are you sure you’re not sad?” “No, Molly’s sad, her [...]