No good sleep for dayssick child sleeps on my pillowshe steals the covers medicine nearbybowls of soup and cups of spriteclutter my nightstand what I wouldn’t givefor a cool and healthy girlor a good stiff drink Read more

Resource Intensive is probably my all-time favorite computer term because it works so well in my life. In computer-ese, it’s a part of the computer that sucks all the power and needs the most attention. Funny, it means the same thing in mom-speak. Resource intensive is my normally easy going 3 year old when she has a cold. Her normal breakfast request is “Honeycomb in a bowl and milk in a cup.” Easy-peasy. This morning, after a being sick a... Read more

My New Years resolution to be the meanest mom ever so that the kids will pick up has fallen a bit flat. #4 has been sick for two weeks and the baby hasn’t been sleeping, so I’m off my game. Consequently, the whole house looks as if it could pass for the 4th circle of Hell. It’s crushing, the amount of stuff that lies about the house. It would take days of work for me to get it all cleaned,... Read more

It’s here, at last! Will you think me a weird freak if I confess that Ash Wednesday is probably my favorite day of the whole year to be Catholic? I love getting the ashes and getting to wear them out in the world. It is the one day when we have to put it out there and declare our Catholocity to the world. (Is that even a word?) Catholicness? Hmmmm…I’ll ponder it later. There has to be a word for... Read more

I think my 6 year old may be the cleverest person I know. He can create really cool and elaborate costumes out of almost anything, and spends most days in the land of make believe. Here are some pics of our favorite creations. See if you can figure out who he’s being. (For this once, I will suspend my “no pictures of the kids” rule just because I’m so proud of my funny boy.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.... Read more

In my real life, yes I do have one, I’m married to The Computer Guy. He helps run the network at a pretty good sized company, about 500 employees. There is something very important I have leaned as The Computer Guy’s wife, and thought I would pass along to you. Call it a public service announcement if you will. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DELETE! There, now you know. Even when you think you have deleted it, my husband... Read more

Breaking News: Series Of Concentric Circles Emanating From Glowing Red Dot Read more

I read this article this morning about a British girl who wasn’t allowed on the bus because her boyfriend was leading her around with a leash. I must admit that my first thought was “What a freak!” What kind of self-respecting 21st century woman would consent to being treated as an animal? Where are the feminists when somebody really needs them? This poor girl is being degraded! Then I got to the end of the article and realized that she’s... Read more

We had some friends over tonight who are engaged and have no children. I was struck by the amusement and delight they showed in our children. That which made us cringe the most at the obnoxiousness of our children seemed to delight them the most. The cacophony of little voices is something we are blessed with hearing daily and so we tend to either tune it out or beg for silence. Not so our dinner guests. The more raucous it... Read more

Back at the beginning of the year, I resolved to crack down on the kids and make them clean up their acts and my house. Then the stomach bug hit us and threw us off track, but we are going strong again. One of the best things we have instituted has been the morning to-do list. Every child gets one, and it changes from day to day. Even the three year old walks around with hers every morning. How do... Read more