This is just a little photo essay I like to call "Irony." If you can't tell, the kids are playing fetch with their virtual dog on the Wii, while the actual dog sits in front of them, begging for attention. We've totally crossed over. Even George Jetson had to take Astro on a real walk, [...]

So Elfie has been sneezing her bloody head off for the last few weeks. I'm a terrible mother so I haven't really been paying a ton of attention to it, except the few times she's been on her way out and I've noticed that she's had snot crusted under her nose. But recently it's gotten [...]

So this morning, Jasper and I get up before everybody else, as usual, and decide to go for a walk before the blistering heat sets in (Do you like how I make it sound like Jasper actually has some kind of say in all of this? Soon I'll start writing posts from his perspective and [...]

Sorry for the radio silence (or or internet silence -- whatever they call it in blogging). I'm not dead. Although over the last week, there were a couple of times I sorta kinda wished I was. Ah chronic pain. Where would I be without you... Anyway, I thought I should catch everyone up on some [...]

We took the kids to the Reno Rodeo for the first time this week. I think subconsciously, I've been avoiding it. I have childhood memories of being really stressed out about watching the animals get thrown around and choked with ropes. This could have something to do with the fact that prior to the "fun" [...]

Photo by PartlySunnyTime for a Jasper update. Since we got our puppy five weeks ago, he's gained about nine pounds and weighs almost half as much as Elfie. The little fluff ball I used to be able to tote around like a clutch purse is more like an unruly sack of potatoes. He's no longer a [...]

All I have to say is, it's a good thing I have a decent sense of humor. Take this morning, for example. I'm currently sort of laughing about how my husband left the dog kennel open and let the puppy escape unnoticed to wake up the boy at 5 a.m., "do his business" on the [...]

I thought about doing a somewhat serious post today about Memorial Day and the need for increased veterans' services, but if you're not a heartless jerk, you probably already know that. And the thing is, I've had a sort of exhausting week, so I think I'll just hit the easy button and write about the [...]

The last few days have been a little crazy, so I'm just going to throw it all into one big mishmash update.• The microwave is home. A very nice man named Steve took it back to his workshop. He fixed it up there, and he brought it back here (just like the Grinch, only he [...]