I have changed the format of our comments to a pop-up window because for some reason blogger was not allowing comments on our blog. If you want to continue discussion on the election, please feel free, the comments are now working. Sorry for the inconvenience… Read more

and when your from Philadelphia, that’s a big deal. We are ready to go. Will you be watching tonight? Go Phils! Read more

First, I want to thank everyone who has been participating in the comments to Kat’s post below. For the future, we are asking that no “anonymous” comments be placed on our blog. The Internet can be an anonymous place, and we respect your right to, and desire for, anonymity. However, it is really tough to follow and respond to a conversation when we do not know who is posting what, following up on what, etc. So, please give yourself a... Read more

“Barack Obama is the most extreme pro-abortion candidate ever to seek the office of President of the United States. He is the most extreme pro-abortion member of the United States Senate. Indeed, he is the most extreme pro-abortion legislator ever to serve in either house of the United States Congress. Yet there are Catholics and Evangelicals – even self-identified pro-life Catholics and Evangelicals – who aggressively promote Obama’s candidacy and even declare him the preferred candidate from the pro-life point of... Read more

I am so glad that I am married to a man who is in touch with his sensitive side. While some men are merely sports obsessed, he has been spending his train rides composing poetry. You can read it here. Read more

So, if we are doing all this training, we have to fuel up somehow. Red and I took our children apple picking on Tuesday, and I came home with a huge sack of wonderful apples. Here is my quick and easy version of pie — this one is for speed, not looks, and the kids have been having it for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Crust: 2 Sticks cold butter 2.5 cups flour .25 cups sugar .25 cups cold water as... Read more

The elliptical is getting particularly old this week–I usually do the manual program because I enjoy reading on the elliptical, but the Princeton Alumni Weekly same-old articles on climate change and objectively-ugly new campus architecture just aren’t doing it for me this week. I think I need to implement B-mama’s suggestion of varying my elliptical workouts more. Lack of recovery from a SUPER FUN family wedding this weekend plus extra legal work this week have left me wiped out. I... Read more

Since moving last May, my family has been amidst the “New Urbanism” surrounding us in our new community.  We have drugstores, supermarkets, and our local library within minutes of our home.  A walk through the neighborhood delivers us to doctors’ offices, churches, and preschools galore.  But is the idea of New Urbanism all its cracked up to be? One of the primary tenants of New Urbanism is “walkability” (living within 10 minutes of necessities), which we lived out fully today.  Big Blue,... Read more

You can pick it, if you can carry it. Read more