head over heels

Unknown6:25 PM5 Comment

So, maybe you're here because you randomly googled "yablonski floatsam and jetsom" and landed here. More likely, though, you passed by on a...

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brand new eyes

Unknown11:43 AM4 Comment

You know what would be amazing? Seeing something for the first time. Seeing everything for the first time. Sometimes I watch my kids look...

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Master of Lunch

Unknown5:34 PM2 Comment

I forage through the refrigerator, processing lunch options. Now that R2's gone back to school, it seems easier. He's the big eater around...

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I don't know.

Unknown6:00 PM2 Comment

Ask me a question, any question, and I will probably answer, "I don't know yet." All right, LITERALISTS, I mean a general question...

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Sugar, spice and stereotypes

Unknown6:52 PM6 Comment

I never really planned on having a daughter. Shoot, I never planned kids at all, they just were very exciting surprises, every time....

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Shot to the hip, and I'm... never mind

Unknown2:00 PM1 Comment

Note: you might not want to read this if you are violently opposed to immunizations, because it might make you hate me and...

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on motherhood, hospitals and surviving

Unknown5:32 PM4 Comment

It's 10 pm at Children's Mercy, and there are two of us in the elevator. It doesn't take more than a glance to...

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Matching grant! Double double your enjoyment!

Unknown3:11 PM4 Comment

Disclaimer: I'm through selling shirts for the time being. I am not done fundraising, however. We still need multiple thousands of dollars. So...

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buying the cow

Unknown5:33 PM3 Comment

I've been shacking up with my house. In fact, I've shacked up with every house I've ever lived in. In the olden days,...

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uniforms and the man

Unknown4:49 PM8 Comment

The bus was 10 minutes early today. Lucky for them and the schoolboy, I am obsessive about anything that has a scheduled time...

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R E S P E C T

Unknown3:14 PM5 Comment

School started today. Not that anyone would have known, unless you are a part of the underground information network that is probably available...

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delinquent me

Unknown5:52 PM4 Comment

Librarians are punks. Maybe you're a librarian, and you're all like, "Hey! I'm no punk!" and then you give me the stinkeye. Punkish....

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Dear Richy

Unknown9:09 PM4 Comment

If you're all up in my internet, you know it's our 14th anniversary today. It's a special one, because the MOG is in...

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runnin

Unknown7:08 PM3 Comment

Adoption news? You want adoption news? Well, let me tell you. I got baby mamas on the run like King Herod. We got...

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How we do

Unknown5:00 PM1 Comment

We've basically wrapped up the post-tour vacation cycle, which usually takes 3-4 days, in which we sleep late-ish (8:30) and spend money on...

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Pencil me in

Unknown4:09 PM4 Comment

Years ago, we made a decision to "write our address in pencil"... what we meant was to be flexible, to be available to...

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insert title here

Unknown6:32 PM3 Comment

I interviewed my friend Christina for Bound4life's blog today. Well, actually, I interviewed her yesterday, and posted it today, if you want to...

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in which I ponder imaginings

Unknown2:50 PM3 Comment

I remember as a kid, having a pretty wild imagination. I had these imaginary friends that caused all kinds of trouble, and I'd...

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