Some Assembly Required {the parable of the lego set}
So there I was, the day after Christmas, faced with the only phrase that can strike more fear into unprepared parents’ hearts than “batteries not included”: Some Assembly Required. Hundreds […]
So there I was, the day after Christmas, faced with the only phrase that can strike more fear into unprepared parents’ hearts than “batteries not included”: Some Assembly Required. Hundreds […]
I ran into a big box toy store this morning while the boys were at school to exchange something for Big Bro. And while I stood there for what began […]
You know that moment when random song lyrics pop into your head? Video Killed the Radio Star came on in a store the other day, and all of a sudden […]
I was struck by a thought yesterday. Not a new one. Not a unique one. But a truth… a reminder of sorts. We had my eldest son’s good friend with […]
Anyone else out there ever get a little overwhelmed by all the good parenting advice out on the market? It seems like pretty much everyone with a child has a […]
Now that we have a daughter, we are slowly getting exposed to more girly movies. I’ve seen a couple of the Disney Tinkerbell movies now (Tinkerbell and Tinkerbell and The […]
It’s my birthday today. For years, I have loathed when people ask my age. When I taught English at the university level as a young twenty-something, I felt like the […]
Just minutes before, I had been cheerfully belting out “Singing in the Rain” as Sissy and I made a dash from the grocery store to our car through the torrential […]
I have pretty much used my dishwasher every single day or two for the past five years. If you told me there was something new to learn about my dishwasher, […]
I think that about sums it up, yes?