Wave the Stick

Forgive me if you've seen this one, but sometimes you need something a little bit ridiculous to end the week. In a fit of whimsy, I embe...

Sick boy, home from daycare, who woke up long enough yesterday morning to wander out to the couch and fall asleep again. Thirty minutes a...

I got an email a couple of days ago from a concerned reader (okay, it was my aunt) about whether I might have fallen off the edge of the ear...

And this is how you know you live with a newly-minted four year old who was given glow in the dark stick-on stars for his birthday. The...

Ten Things I'd Really Rather Not Say Again Ever But Which Will Probably Escape From My Lips Within Ten Minutes of Writing Them Here: ...

Ten Photos I Took That I Love So Much I Call Them My Art and I Don't Care if Snooty Art Experts Don't Consider Them Good Enough So T...

Already Friday again, and here I sit, at my computer after 10pm, as usual. Thus, my second of 100 lists: Ten Songs I Love and Know How...

I don't know the first thing about building a readership for this space. Well, that's not entirely true. I do know a few things. I...

The Imp comes to me, all fresh from the shower and little boy clean, looking for a hug. I gather him into my arms and lift him onto my lap. ...

Every now and then, I just need to get out of the house. I just need to break up my routine and get out for an evening with some girlfriends...

"Newton's First Law of Motion states that a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it....

Sweeps up. Takes out the trash. Vacuums up the spiderwebs. Oh hi. It was getting a little dusty in here, thought I'd do some tidying u...

Happy New Year, everyone! I'm choosing to ignore the fact that the new year arrived three weeks ago. I was out of town, I wasn't b...

The North Pole, y'all. The North Pole on Christmas Day - it's like I'm Reverse Santa, taking all the presents back! I'm in a...

"What makes you unique?" asks Nadine of todaysparent.com . "I am AWESOME!" I want to roar back into the internet. ...

Earlier today, the lovely Schmutzie said on twitter: I replied, "Challenge accepted!" She posted her 100 adjectives here , ...

So, one of the search terms that led someone to my blog today was " duvet toddler urine clean ".* Then, we came across this on a...

A few observations from my last 48 hours or so: You wouldn't think a two hour time change could wreak so much havoc on a family routin...

Today we woke up in Hawaii. This is a good way to start the day. Self portraits over morning coffee The morning was cloudy on and off...

In transit today, Vancouver to Honolulu via Bellingham. The Imp has made friends with some other kids who have an iPad and Angry Birds, so I...