On Friday night, Sam and I had some one-on-one time while Annie was away playing with a friend.  I asked my son what he wanted to do, and ...

I hate being hot.  I dread summer with its sticky, sickly heat. Searing seat belts, sweaty scalp, and the general smell of wilted plants ju...

I did not realize the effect our old house had on my life until I returned the last time for some final cleaning.  When I turned onto the s...

I have been wanting to write this blog post for a while now.  Actually, I’ve really just wanted to say it out loud.  For over four and ...

It only took a few hours for the postpartum depression to overtake me.  At first, it came on like a numbing blanket, then crashing anger and...

". . . 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70!" Annie is counting beside me.  She's discovered that she can count to seventy o...

Do you ever completely dedicate yourself to something only to be disappointed with the results? I haven't been blogging lately because ...

There's a beast in my house.   She is angry, mean, unsympathetic, and I think she smells a little bit like tacos, and we all know that...

Things I like to do when the children are sleeping: -Use the bathroom ALONE.  No audience telling me how many squares I'm allowed to u...

With my seven month old perched precariously on my hip, I did my morning rounds.  After a diaper change, it's a walk though the living...

A new year usually brings new resolutions and new hope.  Hope for more money, less pounds, and increased personal growth.  Last year New Y...

When you're out in the world you may run into a mother who's ventured out with her new baby. You may say hello and ask her how life ...

This weekend I battled the mastitis monster.  In the entire year that I nursed Andrea I never fell victim and knew little about it other tha...

Before Andrea was born, I was working 30 hours a week, going to school full-time, and anxiously busy at perfecting my homemaking skills.  Fo...

You know, there haven't been many moments that I've thought ‘I'm happy’ in the last year. Not because I've been unhappy n...