I am all kinds of tired.
Yes, it is my fault.  I go to bed insanely late, then I either have to get up early or I am woken by Tad, who, ever since he learned to open doors (we have old-fashioned knobs - he learned how to open lever handles a looong time ago) has […]

“MOMMY!  HE’S TOUCHING THAT AGAIN!”
Usually, when Ane is about to tattle on Tad, it starts out with a gut-wrenching, ear-splittingly loud “MOMMY.”  Or, recently, “MOTHER.”  She has started calling me “Mother” and I’m not quite sure why, though I do find it amusing.
More often than not, her tattling is actually something I do need to […]

So many things are grabbing my attention at the moment, I’m not sure if I can put together a cohesive blog post.
First off, the earthquake in China.  I happen to have friends who live in Chengdu, and after praying hard all day yesterday, I am extraordinarily relieved to hear that they are all well and […]

Apparently, somewhere in the ballpark of $117,000 a year.
It reminds me vaguely of the Everybody Loves Raymond episode when, after a money spat, Debra presents Ray with a bill for all the work that she does.  It happens to be more than he makes in a year.  At the end of the episode, Ray says to […]