EXCELLENT NEWS! The baby's test came back and he does NOT have that awful degenerative disease! We are so thankful!

A right of passage is occurring in our house tonight. Ds is putting together his first item from IKEA. Checking off that lifeskill!

Updating my ignore preferences makes me happy.

If today's Google doodle is any indication, I'm a terrible horseman and would've been fired my first day on the job as a Pony Express rider.

and...the cat brought in a garter snake. What does a hs mom do? Catches it & puts it in a box until the kids get home from co-op.

Help! I can't post on the forums. I have screen shots, if that will help Other John.

We've found our stride and John begs for school every morning :)

I know it's Holy Week and I'm supposed to be trying my hardest to be nice, but people who ignore my calls & emails and then finally email me back asking me to FAX them something I faxed 8 days ago are making it very difficult...

I can't post on any forum, I'm sad.

Hey, guys, I took a forum break and then came back. I just can't quit y'all, I guess.

4 yo and 7 yo put on a drum concert for us today. It cost us $1 to "get in". Half way through the concert 4 yo yells "stop stop! How much will it cost for them to get back out?"

I have discovered the secret to getting a teenage boy up and moving. These simple words: "A hot breakfast will be on the table in 15 minutes" have reduced his morning routine to 13 minutes flat. Hallelujah! I'm happy to scramble a few eggs for that kind of result.

Just had super stressful in-in w the neighbor.

Clearly I need a U.S. geography refresher when I was looking at a summer day camp for one child in Kansas City and another in St. Louis and thinking they are close enough to be do-able. D'oh!

Hello from a formerly-frequent boardie!! :)

I feel like I'm drowning in books! Moving is hard work!!

There are 10 seasons of Friends which now stream on Netflix. I do not exactly know how I can turn them into an educational opportunity, but I'm workin' on it!

We lost my mom November 3rd, Dad followed January 1st. Bbl.

Today I am going to see my husband get his doctorate!

I am re-wrapping yards of dental floss around a tiny spool. How much is my time worth, anyway?!

Can we just hear a rain forecast without the reminder it's not enough to end the drought?

Can we just hear a rain forecast without the reminder it's not enough to end the drought?

Had a wonderful, validating, parent teacher conference for kiddos outsourced class.

Ds treating the family to an IMAX showing of "Interstellar" today! Yay!

Ds treating the family to an IMAX showing of "Interstellar" today! Yay!