I love to eat cake.  Doesn’t matter what kind, just GIMME cake! I love to bake cakes.  So much cake. One summer was particularly scary in our household.  In order to offset the plaguing what-ifs, I announced to Husband that we would now be enjoying The Summer of Cake. We had a new cake every …

A handful of years back I bought and inflated a small pool, or Tiny Pool to folks who knew me (now that’s you!). Our backyard is on the small side; we no havey room for a pool and a big dog.  We chose to have the dog. Then one day, I came across this beautiful …

Caveat for the Dudes: I’ve had just about enough of my can’t-make-up-their-mind hormones and if this kinda frank talk makes you squeamish, you better head for the hills now, because as was stated in the title: Perimenopause can suck it.  Hard. Caveat for the Gals: You may think you’re too young for this post, but …

As Boy grew, we kept a growth chart right inside his closet door. I first wrote about it here. The last entry was dated right before he left for college. 6’2.25″  We grow ’em tall in my family. On Boy’s last visit home, he brought Sweet E, and we decided to start E’s chart beneath …

If you were allowed one parenting do-over, what would you use it on? Or shall we never speak of that which shames us? ~gulp~ Parents make mistakes.  Truth.  Parents can make mistakes daily.  Hard truth.  Parents are learning as they go.  Worst-kept parenting secret ever. So, what would be my parenting do-over? Let me start …

I love Christmas foods.  Fine, I love food…but there’s something special about the food you only eat during a specific season, like at Christmas. It’s during late June and early July that I start my Christmas cravings.  And just in case you don’t want to do the math, that means that I need to wait …

Daddy and I were kindred spirits in so many ways, yet in as many others we were were diametrically opposed.  He passed when he was 60-years-old and I had a young family.  I’ve missed him many times over the years and am grateful for all he taught me. 10 Things My Father Taught Me 1) …

Who doesn’t love macaroni and cheese?  WHO?!  Not too many, that’s who. If you’ve read here for a hot minute, you know I’m a recipe fiddler.  It’s a rare moment in the kitchen when I follow a recipe as written.  I think it’s because I know what we like and what works for us.  Or …

I wrote this post on vulnerability in the winter, a couple of days after Sweet E had been born and I offer it now in my “What I Will Tell Sweet E” series.  (spattering of NSFW language) Vulnerability The “v” word is a tough one for me.  I was brought up to be a lady …

Summertime = pool time, lake time, get-in-the-water time.  It’s also the perfect time to bone up on water safety, particularly knowing how to spot someone who might be drowning. Do you think drowning looks like thrashing about in the water, yelling, kicking, and dramatic splashing? You’d be wrong.  Doesn’t look a thing like that.  And …