A few date nights ago T and I did something so stupid that the perverse side of me now feels compelled to share it with the world.  It was a Saturday night and we had just returned home from a romantic evening at a neighborhood restaura ... [read more]

Okay, maybe my achievements aren't really rock star level, but I totally feel like people should be throwing their room keys and/or panties at me! [read more]

We had a whole lot of nothing going on around here the past few days. The guy who was taping and bedding the drywall would come in for an hour in the morning and then be gone for the rest of the day. Finally, on Wednesday, a crew came ... [read more]

3/1/10 All business enterprise always handles documents in a systematic way because otherwise it can really be messy and will really take time and more effort to make the necessary reports.  Reports are very important in any business e ... [read more]

Genevieve turned three last month and in the madness of party planning, balloon blowing and present wrapping I completely neglected to write about this momentous moment in my blog.  I regret missing that milestone and so here is a belat ... [read more]

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We are cookin' with gas now, folks! On Monday, we didn't have much action, just the delivery of what seemed like an impossible amount of Sheetrock and a million rolls of insulation. Q was quite fascinated by the tiny forklift that unl ... [read more]

Happy Valentine's Day! [read more]

Okay, it's been three weeks now. Eldon promised we would be done in three weeks. Eldon lied. In his defense, we kind of had to call the game for rain plumbing. [read more]

I have never felt more “un-American” than on Super Bowl Sunday.  It’s the one day of the year where I feel completely out of sync with all my red-blooded American friends and relatives and wonder what happened to me to make it so hard t ... [read more]

My seven year old and I have walked the same route to school every day for the past year and half – through his entire Kindergarten year and now First Grade.  On the way, we pass a large, rather sterile-looking nursing home whose bedroo ... [read more]

It turns out that Holly has more in common with the plant for which she was named than we thought. Which is not to say prickly and semi-poisonous. Have you ever tried to remove a holly bush? Impossible! You can't kill the stuff. Ou ... [read more]

Out of nowhere at bed time tonight: Z: Mommy, when will Mimi get better? R: (gulp) Well, honey, she's not going to get better. Z: But why? R: Well, Alzheimer's Disease, the disease she has that makes her memory sick, doesn't have ... [read more]

My husband cheerily suggested over breakfast that we take the kids to the Golden Gate Kennel Club’s All Breed Dog Show Best at the Cow Palace this weekend.  “It will be fun and besides it’s a good place to go to get out of the rain.” He ... [read more]

The whole concept of “sibling battles” is a new one for me.  After all, I was an only child and so there wasn’t anyone to scuffle with except my cranky cats.  Even after the husband and I took the plunge and had kiddo number two, there ... [read more]