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“Mom, I hope we learn more about mealworms today… doesn’t that sound exciting?!” “You.  Fat cow.” “Mom, your hair looks like a fluffy squirrel.”    Out of the mouths of babes…  These are actual quotes of the Asker kids this … Continue reading →

   Yup, this week I had another baby.  Not out of my body.  Not through adoption.  Through a vacation! My girlfriend and her hubs took a much deserved trip to Vegas to celebrate a family wedding.  They have 5 kids … Continue reading →

Chaos Redeemed – if i ever write a book that will be the title. One might think vacationing the way we just did might have been pure chaos: 9 days, 3 different beds and 4 different combinations of people ending … Continue reading →

I came back from vacation feeling so euphoric I actually told a few friends that I felt as if I had been smoking weed (I never inhaled…) because I was so chill.  I have never returned from a vacation so … Continue reading →

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a House Fairy? You know, when you woke up and It had emptied the dishwasher already? Or after dinner, It came through your destroyed kitchen and scrubbed pots and the stovetop and put away … Continue reading →

I may have lost 6 pounds and definitely lost 2 days of my life. 3 hours after Brian left for 7 days at Wheaton Grad School, I woke up with a roiling belly. A few hours later I skipped dinner … Continue reading →

We celebrated our first born this week. Brian got up early to make pancakes, her favorite. We brought her to school with cupcakes in hand and as she walked to her locker her friends flocked around her. Two boys immediately … Continue reading →

Today had many potential ways for me to FREAK OUT. 6:45 waking up as a single parent I was ready for the day!  I got 3 kids out the door by 7:30, 1 for school, 2 so social services won’t … Continue reading →

I did something tonight I haven’t done in a million years: I wept like a baby chopping onions. I always give Brian a hard time when he tears up and here I was, 2 onions into my 8 to chop … Continue reading →

We celebrated our first born this week. Brian got up early to make pancakes, her favorite. We brought her to school with cupcakes in hand and as she walked to her locker her friends flocked around her. Two boys immediately … Continue reading →