No, not ME. That would be what Hannah has said to me at least 57 times in the last 24 hours. Make that 157 times. Yes, my oldest daughter, at all of 9 1/2 years of age, has finally gotten holes in her head. And I bet you think I must have a hole in [...]

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That title has ALMOST nothing to do with this post. For some reason, an old Shake N Bake commercial came to mind just before I hit “publish.” (A CLASSIC commercial which I cannot find anywhere) (Can ya help – I mean hayulp – a sista out? Link in the comments!) Today I woke up feeling [...]

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Last day of school? Check. Rainy afternoon with kids communing with Cartoon Network? Check. Three separate awards ceremonies for three kids on three separate days? Check, check and check. Three opportunities to get a numb butt from sitting on those hard metal chairs? Check. Three yearbooks sticky with cake and/or ice cream from class parties? [...]

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What? Don’t get the obscure “3-2-1 Penguins!” reference? Listen, it’s Spring Break here. Between the feeding and the cleaning and the fighting and the entertaining and the furniture scaling, I’ve had virtually no time to even look at the computer. Then today (Tuesday) all my colleagues at Fellowship of the Traveling Smarty Pants decided that [...]

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