Laughing at Chaos

I fear this summer will go down in family history as The Most Boring Summer of All Time. Not for me, but the boys. I feel horrible about that. No summer camps, no classes, no excursions. I have to say …

It’s true, it’s something I’ve known for a long time, and I think I may finally have proof. Murphy lets his little Law poop on my lawn and doesn’t clean it up. I’ve recognized for some time that Murphy’s Law …

When I was in fourth and fifth grade, I was part of a pull-out program for advanced students. Looking back, it was what passed as a gifted program, but it was the 80s and pretty progressive for the times. There …

I may have a sick kid today (ok, yesterday…writing is taking me forever lately), I may have an unrelenting stress headache threatening to hang me by my entrails, and I may have been ordered to report for jury duty first …

Sumer is a cumen in… Eh, if the recent temperatures are any indication, summer is very most definitely here, and it has a good case of the mad. Hot. Deliciously hot. If I had planted tomatoes, I’d be doing a …

Home. So good to be home. I’ve returned, dug out from under the mountain of laundry, bought groceries, attempted to revive the outdoor plants I forgot to have a neighbor water, and have more or less recovered from the multiple …

Jeanine from Raising Complicated Kids is my guest this lovely Friday morn. She’s a co-Coloradan, and I’m delighted she agreed to cover for me as I wind my way through the tail end of a multi-generational road trip. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I …

I’ve known Sarah for just shy of forever. Seriously. She was one of my first flute students when I moved to Colorado 14 years ago, and now we’re OMG MY KIDS ARE DRIVING ME INSANE friends. With wine. Or margaritas. …

I’m currently in the wilds of southeastern Utah…or southwestern Colorado…oh heck, somewhere in the Four Corners area. I have spotty cell coverage, but somehow the calls and texts from idiots on the east coast are still getting through. What idiots? …