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Last night at pickup, Declan's aftercare teacher practically tackled me at the door and said, "Don't be too hard on him, he's totally panicking already." Uh-oh. So I go find my kid, happily playing, and I notice his shoes. His shoes, one which now has…

The Easter Bunny left Declan these cool toys that toss disc up in the air, and even though I am usually strict about such things, I let him play with them a bit in the house since it's SNOWING here this morning (second time in…

We got the call today. Mr. Paul, a very good friend of Bryan's parents and their next door neighbor of 20 years passed away this morning. He was 93. He lived a full life. He fought in World War II. He was a postal carrier…

I finally got to the gym today after several weeks off (sinus infection, vacation, blah blah blah) and when I stepped on the scale, I have not gained weight as I thought I had - I have just gained flab.Well, that's a relief.

About a year ago, I got back in touch with my best friend from childhood. Jenny and I knew each other pretty much from birth. Our parents were friends and we lived 1 block away from each other in the 'hood. If there is such…

Necessary preface #1: Declan was so tired after school this evening that he fell asleep listening to B-I-N-G-O in his room while I was making dinner.Necessary preface #2: Declan has a rather large mole on his scalp that isn't really an issue, except that it…

Many moons ago, my friend Aimee (cool name) of the cool Unit 4-e jewelry store turned me on to this cool web site called Etsy (also cool name) where all these cool artists post their cool handmade work. But I was not cool enough to…