Lessons in Motherhood

There are many ways in which I am very well equipped to be a parent – outstanding baking skills, some semblance of patience, ability to handle child nasties (poop, vomit, etc), eyes in the back of my head, etc. You know, I’ve got the basics.
Yet, there is one way that I am [...]

Well, we installed the brand new playset in the backyard Friday. Let me be more accurate…some guy that we don’t know came to build and install the playset today.
We have some backyard issues. Actually, we have a GIGANTIC backyard. We have over an acre total, but it’s not level…not at [...]

Do you know what it’s like to go through an entire day with “Baby Baby Oh” in your head?
No. You don’t. And I wouldn’t wish it upon you. Well actually, I considered putting the video in this post and making it auto play when you got to the site. [...]

I just finished reading a book that I borrowed from a co-worker of mine called The Checklist Manifesto.  Did I mention that I work with nerds?  Complete nerds.  The type of nerds who buy books called The Checklist Manifesto and then read them for fun.  
Anyway, so I read this book about checklists and how our lives have [...]

Maybe you remember many many months ago when I contemplated picking up a coffee drinking habit. I think Sophia was probably still very young; so, sleep came at a premium. I figured coffee would give me that boost that I needed. Well, it turned out that the high dose of caffeine in [...]

I’m on a new mission. I’m going to make a fabulous chocolate babka. I have to complete this mission. It’s imperative because my poor, deprived friends in Nashville have no Jewish bakery near them. Therefore, their only possibility of enjoying this delicious treat from heaven (perhaps literally from heaven) is for me [...]

I would put a giant 5′ metal chicken in my yard if I could write something this funny about it. I’m a new fan of The Bloggess.

You may or may not know that we had to buy a new washing machine when we moved into this house, as the old one had to stay behind for the renters. I hate making these types of big purchases. I always have buyers’ remorse weeks in advance and weeks after in anticipation [...]

Adding to the “when I was fun theme,” I think that it’s a bad sign when my happiest moment of the day came when I picked up my car from being cleaned and realized that the cleaning people had disconnected both car seats and cleaned under them. I was, however, a little ashamed when [...]

This probably goes without saying, but I LOVE our new house! I freaking love it. At least a few times a week, Luke and I just look at each other and say “this is so awesome.” Because our house is AWESOME!!!
Today, all four of us were in the kitchen working at one [...]