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Katherine comes home with a new piece of information every day. Sometimes it’s science facts ( “A frog is cold blooded!”), sometimes it’s reading, and lately it’s been little nuggets from her teacher about behavior. These little bits and pieces we get show me just how clever teachers really are when trying to teach […]

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I finished Pat Conroy’s South of Broad this week and, as expected, it was a complete work of art. The story was wonderful, but the true beauty of this book was in Conroy’s amazing descriptions of Charleston, the characters and of their relationships with one another.
When I put the book down, I felt an almost […]

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Saw this chair on Target.com and it called to me. It’s so, so…ME. I love it. There is no where in my house that I could put it, even if I could afford the $150 price tag and even if I didn’t have the suspicion that a Target chair would fall apart given as much […]

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Sign on the road today read:
“Hugh Yard Sale this weekend! ”
I really hope their last name is Hugh.

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Well, not so much a baby anymore. Happy Birthday, Charlotte. We celebrated with lots of family, Hello Kitty birthday cake and plates and, as she specifically requested, party hats. It was a ton of fun but I am still in total disbelief that my baby is three years old. She must be, too, because she’s […]

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When I was in first grade, I developed a “pain” in my leg. I spent days going to the school nurse complaining about it and she, in turn, would call my parents to alert them to a potentially serious problem. We went to the doctor, who referred us to get an X-Ray, at which time […]

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You moms know that go-to meal you have, the one that isn’t the healthiest but is delicious, every one in the family enjoys it and, best of all, it’s super quick to make? Well, our favorite quickie boxed meal just got taken off the shelf.
Don’t laugh, but I think we might go into mourning. Our […]

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A quickie for you guys. Sorry it’s been a while, I’m still here just getting to know the new routine around here. New wake-up times, new bedtimes, new routines all through the day. Both kids are now in school since Charlotte started back on Tuesday. So far, she’s cried every day when I’ve dropped her […]

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