Since we don’t have air conditioning this summer, we’ve been letting Whitney and Heidi run around in their underwear most of the time. Is that trashy? No, I don’t think so. Not if you compare it to nap-time when I crack open a can of Old Milwaukee and work on the car that’s propped-up on cinder blocks in the front yard. ...Continue Reading »

Most evenings, Ben and I try to squeeze in a little chunk of time together before preparing dinner. Although, referring to it as a ‘chunk’ of time might be overreaching. Chip, fragment, speck of dust floating in the far reaching, outer corners of the universe amount of time is probably more accurate.

Anyway, in those illicit moments alone together, we sit on our deck overlooking the lake and observe the common, nightly miracle that which is the sun dropping into another’s sunrise. There we applaud, as the day's credits roll down over the fiery sky. And we drink booze. ...Continue Reading »

We babysat my nephew, Max, and niece, Mia, so that my brother, and his wife, could go out and eat ONE...DAMN...MEAL...sitting together from start to finish. Burp. ...Continue Reading »

As many of you already know, I’m a tweeter. I’m also a bit lactose intolerant, but that’s for another day. I know, I know and now you’re all, “What?! She’s just teasing us with this mention of her lactose intolerance? Elaborate woman!” Talk about stringing you along! Next thing you know, I’ll casually mention I’m pregnant. Oh my God Ben just read that and did a mini-throw up in his mouth. I am not pregnant.

Anyhow, I’m on the Twitter last night and after a few drinks just before going to bed I tweeted:



I was being facetious. Sort of.

[Keep holding, if you don’t know what any of that meant; I’m about to explain. Also, seriously, I’m not pregnant, but the lactose intolerant thing is the God’s honest truth.]

And then, when I woke up this morning and checked my Twitter feed, I found this response from a one year old baby boy [baby Cole has his own Twitter account to augment his blog - of course he does]: ...Continue Reading »