Dear Company-That-Manufactures-Robitussin-with-Codiene,
I truly want to extend my deepest regards and heartfelt thanks for the unexpected joy you’ve brought into my life.
I recently (last night) was on the road for over eight hours driving from Florida to Alabama.  As my daughter has your product prescribed, I planned to give her a dose to knock her butt [...]

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The Boy Child: Is ‘ho’ a bad word?
Me (after some deep breathing and a few muttered curses directed at his father): Not if you’re a farmer.  They use hoes all the time.
The Boy Child: Oh. Ok.
A moment of quiet and….3….2….
The Boy Child: Is there any other time it’s a bad word?
How deep do I really [...]

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Perhaps you remember my post about how Rachael was really getting into the Little House On the Prairie book series?  Because, really? Why wouldn’t she?  I’ve actually re-read them as an adult and just find that life they lived amazing..how they did it, I have no idea.
Good mommy effort?  I set the DVR to record [...]

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So there I am.
Cuddled warm and cozy on my bed, reunited with a pillow I left at a friend’s house a month ago, eyebrow deep in Jen Lancaster’s book “Such a Pretty Fat”….which, is HYsterical, but also makes me feel a tad guilt-ridden because I am not using the gym membership I started in January, [...]

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Peter amuses me in a special way when he asks me if I’m planning to blog.  He’s been sitting here by my side for the better part of two weeks, experiencing every flu-induced moment of agony, living in the fumes of my sickness.
What could I possibly blog about that he hasn’t experienced?
Perhaps that oh-so-special moment [...]

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