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As the lunchbox turns 27 Aug 2013 | 10:17 am
You guys. I have a fifth grader. I realize this isn’t necessarily breaking news to most of you and certainly shouldn’t come as a shock to me, but it hit me loud and clear yesterday morning as I took...
I’m still writing first grade on all my checks 26 Aug 2013 | 10:05 am
So it’s the first day of fifth grade at our house. Actually, it’s the night before the first day of fifth grade, but by the time most of you read this, Caroline will be sitting in her classroom writi...
Fashion Friday: Edition a touch of the crazy eye 23 Aug 2013 | 10:31 am
Well I woke up yesterday morning and my left eye was twitching. And it has continued to twitch all day long. I don’t know what has gone awry but nothing makes you feel like people might think you’re a...
Hot yoga, shopping and lobsters 22 Aug 2013 | 10:47 am
When you were in high school did you ever get a plain white Fruit of the Loom t-shirt, splatter paint all over it, and then write all kinds of random things on it with puffy paint pens? This post is ...
Food and books and such 21 Aug 2013 | 10:55 am
Most of yesterday was spent anxiously awaiting our letter from the school informing us who Caroline’s teacher will be this year. And I’m happy to report it was good news. She’s thrilled with her teach...
Above your eyes your hair hangs 20 Aug 2013 | 10:14 am
Well, some of you may remember that back in May I had “the talk” with Caroline. I wasn’t really ready for it, but she asked and I have always done my best to answer her questions honestly and sincere...
The last week of summer 19 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
This is it. The last Monday of summer. By next week I’ll be up at the crack of dawn cooking a Back to School breakfast that no one will actually eat and packing a lunch that will be the best lunch I’l...
Fashion Friday: Edition sixteen years later 16 Aug 2013 | 10:06 am
So today is a big day. It’s the 36th anniversary of Elvis’s death. It’s also the sixteenth anniversary of the day P and I got married. Look at those two sweet kids. The good news is I would do it a...
A woman without a chair 15 Aug 2013 | 10:18 am
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Twenty-four hours in and forty-two seems like it’s going to be okay even though I had to pull out three stray gray hairs. I realize you’re not supposed to yank them...
I’m feeling 42 14 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
So today is my 42nd birthday. Here’s what I think about turning 42. I remember many years ago that P and I were eating dinner with an older couple whose kids were in our Campus Life group when the mo...
