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The battle to domesticate my sons continues. Before Easter, I had good intentions of coloring eggs and baking. I got as far as boiling the eggs, ran out of time and gave up. But I still wanted baked goods. So I set #1 son to baking. Pumpkin bars made with Bisquick. Minimal instructions. Even the […]

My son is on the way to the emergency room. And I am blooging about it. Don’t worry. He’s not going to die. Really, I’d have gotten out of my chair for that. But I figure, since I birthed them, the husband’s got to take up the slack on the next 18 years of minor […]

I am back from the Destination Imagination state competition, and still alive. Of the 4 teams I was loosely in charge of, all four qualified for state and only three went. The team that ditched was my the one I actually managed. Three were missing because of a band trip and the remaining four elected […]

We went to the movies this weekend. “Inside Man.” Great movie, although I’d love to sit down and discuss the ending. But the previews… I saw the trailer for “Flight 93”, hated it and felt insulted, annoyed, upset, trapped, etc. Obviously, I am on the list of people not ready to see big screen 9-11. […]

It was a movie watching weekend in the land of cheese. And I do mean cheese. I started out with standards. I finally got a copy of the new Pride and Prejudice, and was settling down to some happy sniffling at Lizzie and Darcy, when the living room filled with teenage boys which ruined everything, […]