Late to the party!

It seems like most of the world was busy ferrying their children back to school yesterday, but mine spent most of the day in their pajamas; it was, strangely enough, a PD day. I was glad it was a PD day though, because I was a little busy yesterday … [Continue reading]

Professional Internet Commenter, or “PIC” for short

Happy New Year! And thank you to everyone who offered your kind words. I promise to keep on keeping on, because what if the mannequin came back? If a mannequin shows up in Nicole's alley, and Nicole doesn't write about it, does it really exist? We … [Continue reading]

Boyhouse Year In Review 2014

I have a confession to make: earlier this month, I thought of closing this blog down. I thought maybe I should retire it; when I started it in 2008 - 2008! - I was writing about life with two little boys, aged 3 and 4. I was writing about funny and … [Continue reading]

Cherry Cherry

Sometimes, in order to get motivated, one needs to have a period of complete sloth, and that was me last week. I didn't exercise. I didn't work. I did the bare minimum around the house. Basically I spent a lot of time on the couch, with a glass of … [Continue reading]

No grievances, so I guess it’s time for feats of strength.

Since the last day of classes, I have collapsed into a puddle of sloth and gluttony. HOO BOY, the last week of school was a long week. No matter how prepared a person may be, there are always some strange requests in the last week of school. On … [Continue reading]

How To Enjoy The Holidays Without Losing Your Mind

Is it me or is everyone insane right now? I'm not talking about all the sad things that are going on in the world - I will not talk about them, actually - but I'm talking about regular, everyday people who are so loaded down with forced jollity that … [Continue reading]

Riding the Roller Coaster of Emotion

So there I was, just going about my day like any other; I was driving back home from dropping the kids off at school, and guess what I found in my back alley: Manny! What have they done to you? For those of you who haven't been … [Continue reading]