“The Host” “Patient Zero” Whatever you want to call him, Jake has brought the plague onto our family only to be immune to it himself. The joys of sending ones child out into the world to interact with others. It’s bad enough I pay tuition, get roped into bringing snacks and volunteering to help at [...]

This video is too easy for me to relate to. I can’t even count how many times office machines did not do what they were supposed to only to come back either with toner all over me or worse yet, bleeding from sharp machine innards. I’ve never resorted to this kind of behavior, I limit [...]

Tonight my husband and I were making dinner….well I was sitting at the table keeping him company while he cooked. Jake was playing in the hallway with his Leappad. After awhile I noticed how quiet it was in the hallway and went to look for him. The first place I looked was at the computer [...]

Twice this week, we’ve had salesmen doing seriously hard sell tactics.  On Monday afternoon, an old guy pulls up and offers to put a new 2″ topping of asphalt on the driveway for $1600.  But, I had to decide there and then.  He had guys in town and they needed the work to fill in [...]