Happy Holidays one and all! Time for the yearly letter. For those of you who don't know, this is kind of how I got started with all the blogging stuff. Once a year, I'd send out a snarky little letter about the state of the world -- not much pressure, except for the fact that [...]

Photo by Tammy Soong Winter is apparently coming tomorrow, and even though I'll be more than happy to say goodbye to allergy season, I'll be sad to see my morning glories bite the dust. Every day I walk downstairs, look outside, and smile when I see the bright, blue flowers. And then later, sometime in [...]

Warning: this is what happens when you have company for seven days and then promptly leave for the weekend.Every time we plant zucchini, we say three things. One, "Let's make sure to give them plenty of space." Two, "We don't need that many plants." And three, "This year, we'll definitely pick them before they get [...]

I like to think I'm the type of person who doesn't let my kids bug the crap out of people. I may be living in an altered state of reality and my children are actually complete heathens who leave a charred path of chaos and destruction wherever we go, but I think our biggest offenses [...]

I'm not sure why, but I have a really hard time saying we live a green lifestyle. All things being equal, compared to our old neighbors who drove a giant SUV, seemed to be trying to crank out as many kids as physically possible, and probably used their recycling bins as kindling to burn their [...]