1. Wash and cut a bunch of asparagus and arrange on a cookie sheet while the broiler preheats.
2. Drizzle asparagus with olive oil, season with salt &  pepper, and place under broiler.
3. Proceed to completely forget about asparagus, either by going to attend to your children or talking to your husband about impending move until [...]

After toughing it out with varying levels of sleep deprivation over the past year, this weekend we finally made the tough decision to night-wean Miss Lily. This past month a combination of teething and a potential food allergy (more on that later!) has left her waking up consistently every 45-75 minutes all night long and [...]

Our trip to Lyons this weekend held an unanticipated surprise: They’ve started siding our house! They decided to go ahead and side ours while the house next door was being sided, even though their house is about 2.5 weeks ahead of ours. Of course it’s unpainted, so it doesn’t give us too much of a [...]

In typical forgotten-second-child fashion, I neglected to commemorate Lily’s first birthday on May 8 (see pictures here). We had a quiet celebration with our neighbors and Grandma Patty, and Lily seemed to enjoy the cake, the attention, and the presents. What prompted me to post on this now, nearly two weeks later, is that yesterday [...]

I have to admit that I looked forward all week to last night’s season finale of Grey’s Anatomy. Even though a few of the “twists” were predictable (where would they go next year, for instance, if Burke & Christina had actually wed, or if Derek & Meredith had kissed and made up), it ranked pretty [...]

I’ve blogged about the damage caused by US food subsidies before, and have also mentioned my dislike of the prvelance of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). Here is the best summary I’ve seen to date on the topic and why HFCS is likely to cause our children’s generation to have a SHORTER life expectancy than [...]

No, I’m not checking myself in to the stress center, but once I tell you what we’ve been up to, you may think I need to do so!
Last week, while fixing what we thought were a few minor things from the inspection on our house, we learned that our bathroom window (which is in the [...]

My husband must read my blog because I got a copy of Barbara Kingsolver’s new book for Mother’s Day today (see My Hero!). I’ve already cracked the cover and just wish I could take a little vacation and read it cover to cover.
I had a wonderful Mother’s Day. Matt actually let me sleep in until [...]

This week, I twice fell prey to savvy marketing. Or, more specifically, I fell prey once, my son fell prey once, and I caved to avoid a tantrum in the supermarket Gabriel loves anything with a picture of a baby on it. He loves the diaper aisle, my Mothering magazines, or anything else displaying [...]

You gotta love Bill Maher. OK, you don’t have to love Bill Maher, but I do, and I got a kick out of his ruminations about a recently-discovered memo from one of Mitt Romney’s political strategists that says “Hillary=France”. Now before you get all self-righteous, I’m not a huge fan of Hillary (I’m currently on [...]