We're less than two weeks away from the anniversary of my mom's death, and I stupidly (and, yes, incredibly) thought this would only be difficult on the actual day it occurred and not all the days leading up to it.  But then what would I know -- I'm a newbie mourner.My first clue was when [...]

We're going camping this weekend for the first time since, I don't know, 1996 (?), and I'm having more than a few problems.  First of all, I seem to have lost my packing mojo.  This isn't a big deal if your partner is an anal-retentive, organizational genius (like myself).  It's a very big deal if [...]

I've had, on numerous occasions, delusions of grandeur wherein I take the entire family on a year-long trip around the world and blog the whole time. Before kids, Tenzin and I were relatively big world travelers, so I've had these crazy dreams about trekking around the globe with the kids and letting the world be [...]

There's nothing quite like a vacation to show your family what it's really made of. It's like life on steroids.All things considered, I wouldn't say we're on the Mark McGwire of trips right now, but we're still on some serious roids. Tenzin, the kids, and I are driving across eastern Nevada on the "Loneliest Road" [...]

I spent the last four days holding my breath, waiting for Elfie to start puking. Last Monday, she made the unfortunate decision to share lip gloss with her friend who threw up later that evening. Apparently there's some virus going around with a 4-ish day incubation period. So during our entire drive to San Francisco [...]

So it looks like Tenzin will be joining the ranks of the unemployed soon. This has less to do with the economy/downsizing and more to do with his employers just generally being assholes. I've been thinking about what I'd do if one of them called the house, i.e., gracefully pass Tenzin the phone, tell them [...]