There were many reasons that we should not have tried to go cross-country skiing with two very small children on a blisteringly cold holiday Monday of school vacation week. We all remember those disaster outings from childhood, the ones that you may laugh about now, …

Hubby and I went out to dinner this weekend, a rare treat. He was actually home, and I had both the weekend off AND the brilliance to lock down a babysitter for Saturday night, so off we went. We got in the car and aimed for …

Not a hair removal commercial. When I’m a week overdue on a blog post, and I have exactly 20 minutes to write, but I don’t have one specific unifying theme, sometimes I start out by just jotting down the jumble of what’s been on my mind …