Here, we see the domesticated teenage girl sleeping by the fire. Notice the phone tucked under her stomach. Her natural prey, the 5 year old brother, will be stealthily approaching any second now to swipe it and start watching YouTube. And now, we wait for another round of snow…

There is definitely another snow storm on the horizon, but today was the calm before the storm.  At least, it was supposed to be.  I got all the kids on their buses, and then… the minivan would not start.  We’d had this problem on Sunday as well.  I jumped it, and kept it running for […]

Day 3 of the Snopocalypse. A 5:30am phone call announced that school was canceled due to icy road conditions.  The Webmaster, who had worked from home Monday, but managed to get to work Tuesday, had to come home when NO BUSES SHOWED UP at the park & ride. The sun was out, so I bundled […]

The boys have now gotten their wish.  Twice. Monday was the fun day.  The kids woke up as if it were Christmas morning in “A Christmas Story.”  The whole world was coated in white. I immediately went looking for all the snow gear I could find.  While I had enough of certain things, I did […]