because this blog is suffering a dry spell…

It finally happened. My child brought me a real live bug. It was a HUGE roly poly, with big fat creepy crawly legs. I did my very best to act cool about it, lol. I am making up a blogging prompt, because I feel like 

pterodactyl moths from hell!

Last night we had a huge, bird-sized moth in our bedroom! Ugh, I hate moths! And if you can believe it, my husband hates bugs even more than I do, so guess who had to kill the damn thing?!? Ah, the things we do for 

the biology of cuteness and starting over

Did you know that cuteness is a biological construct? The over-sized head, the big wide puppy-dog eyes, cute little button-nose – children are born like that so their parents are inclined not to eat them for breakfast. It enhances the instinct to bond and create 

freak your hubby out tuna/noodle/EGG! casserole

First of all, this is not a recipe, because I am not a chef – I just throw stuff in a pan and sometimes it works. Second of all, be warned if you try this, your hubby just might freak out as if you’ve just 

banned for life!

I almost forgot there was a reason we don’t go to the park. He was the worst little boy EVER! He was playing so nicely, and he played for about an hour, which is plenty long enough, I think. Then it was lunch time – 

things i never imagined myself saying

Dylan, sitting on the ground, mud streaks on his cheeks like war paint. I say, “We are going in the house right now if you don’t stop eating that dirt!”

snips and snails and puppy dog tails

My child plays with his trucks and tries to make a “vroom” noise, but instead ends up sounding like the “grrr” of a monster. It’s funny 🙂 I don’t know how he ended up being such a boy – trucks, cars, tractors, airplanes, digging in 

hey look, i didn’t break it!

Chair graphic is gone! Colors changed! You really have no idea how proud I am, simply of the task of having not broken the damn thing in the process 🙂 My child keeps bringing me sock lint off the floor and saying “bug.” One of 

hubby washes his hands of me

As my web-designer, I mean. Which is why my blog looks so funky. Please bear with me as I try to figure some things out… don’t mind the chair in the header… I’m not about to start selling furniture or anything 🙂

radiohead!

We went to see Radiohead at the Blossom Music Center on Monday. It was packed! And we were about eight light-years from the stage, but it was such a good show! We were down in Cuyahoga Falls, near Akron/Cleveland. It’s really pretty there, right inside