I got really weepy in Costco today. Why? Because I walked by the Toy Story 3 display and saw the montage of the character "Andy" as a little kid, playing with Woody and Buzz. This made me think about the part when Andy grows up, turns into a teenager, and leaves for college. Which in [...]

So at the risk of bringing everyone down, I'm having a rough day.  Couple of days.  Actually, make that a couple of weeks.Even if you know me personally, you most likely have no idea that I've been having a rough time.  Because that's what I do.  I just power through.  I take the kids to [...]

I was talking to my mother-in-law the other day, and she was telling me about their visit with -- follow me here -- my husband's cousin's daughter who has ADHD (hey, at least I didn't throw in step-son's ex-wife's dog).  Anyway, my mother-in-law suggested that we -- my husband, Tenzin, and I -- might be [...]

Ugh, I'm gonna make some people mad with this one.But first, a story.  Right before dinner last night, my husband, Tenzin, told the kids to go and get their own drinks.  Then he told them again.  They were playing, so of course they didn't move.  Due to the fact I didn't want them to be [...]

I've had one of those weeks where you sort of feel like a really bad traveling carnival -- the kids look at you and think you should be fun, but when in comes down to it, you're actually just a  bunch of thinly spread out rides that need paint, could breakdown at any moment, and [...]

I made an Eggo today, and it ended up looking like this:Possible broken toaster and my lack of cooking skills aside, the most disturbing part of this story is that I was sitting 15 feet away while my waffle was smoking and turning to charcoal, and I didn't even notice. I'm guessing this does not [...]

I just saw the second episode of Parenthood. Watching the couple whose son has Asperger's was, well, painful. And not because I was having flashbacks about when Newt was diagnosed with autism or because I related to their journey in any way. It was painful because -- and this is going to sound so Judgy [...]

Tenzin and I watched the premier of Parenthood last night. Other than the fact that it was a giant ad for Nissan, it was a good show. And they're not shying away from the hard stuff. In the first episode, they were already taking on autism. Crazy bastards.From the start of the show, 8-year-old Max [...]

I've been lying around all day, sick with a cold, and I made the mistake of spending most of my time cruising the internets. I spent at least an hour searching for Chinese New Year party favors and another hour trying to figure out how to put better ads on my blog (and succeeded at [...]