I was under the impression that nosebleeds were expressly for 11 year olds and/or cocaine abusers. Being neither I can’t figure out why I keep getting them. Really nasty little things. I answered the door to the UPS man last week with a piece of toilet paper stuck in my nose. He gave me the [...]

I’ve spent two wonderful days reading the last Harry Potter book. I’m all finished. Brilliant. Loved it. I have ignored my kids, husband, house and whatever else needed looking after while reading non-stop. It was delightful. But now that I’ve gotten to the end of the book I have to get on with my life. [...]

So the new Harry Potter book is out. I guess you’d have to be half dead not to know that. Well, I’m a fan. I love the books and have read them all at least once. I’m not a wait-in-line at midnight kind of fan. I don’t run around calling myself a muggle or anything. [...]

One day this spring – March 29th to be exact – I said to Tempel and Parker, “You know today is my grandma’s birthday.” My girls dig a birthday, any birthday. “So, um, where is your grandma, mom?” Whoops. Death. “She’s in heaven.” Parker riddled that one out in no time, “So she’s dead?” [...]

I had decided that there could never be a more annoying kid toy than Polly Pocket. They sell this tiny doll with hundreds of tiny plastic accessories that small hands can’t possibly manipulate. What kind of sadist comes up with this crap? Case in point: these tiny pink shoes and cell phone (that I’m showing [...]

Parker’s a picky eater. Biggest understatement of the day but there you have it. I know there’s the theory that if we stop giving her the four foods she’ll eat then eventually she’ll get hungry enough to eat what we give her. Um yeah. I really do believe she’d allow herself to get to the [...]

Scott got home from Vegas late last night. The girls were so excited to have daddy back. I told them to let him sleep in but they couldn’t stand it and kept going upstairs to give him pictures and love notes. We had a nice morning with my friend Anne and her awfully cute little [...]

The girls were fighting this morning. Of course. Then Parker got a weapon – nail clippers – and as she was lunging at Tempel with the nail clippers and Tempel was cowering on the bench I threw my arm out to push Parker back. She went flying – head first into the wooden foot of [...]

Scott played in Day One of the World Series of Poker on Sunday in Vegas. There were many “day ones” but he played Sunday along with 1600 or so of his new friends. It was a loooong day, I think he played for 11 or 12 hours passing a thousand or so people as they [...]

We went to the beach for the week with two families – great fun. Too many mojitos and not enough days – there are never enough days at the beach – but loads of fun. There were five of us girls originally in our little posse. Everyone knows the only proper number for a [...]