There is nothing I'd rather do than attend the end of the year performances, the school fairs, the school outings, the school meetings. This is the best shot I got of Young Knight's school circus performance. He's the one with his back turned. Otherwise there was this and this and then ... read more

I rarely ever post two days in a row, but I was so smitten by all the posts for Shell's Rockin the Bump linky over at Things I Can't Say, I just had join in. And I figured out how to scan, so even though I wasn't able to join Liz at a belle, a bean & a chicago dog for the Senior Hottie photo ... read more

Don't sit there and judge me, you plum tree, just because I haven't gotten around to cutting off all your dead branches (or those of your cousins the apricot and hazelnut trees). Don't judge me stupid little plastic cup that sits outside of the boys' window and stares at me every time I open or ... read more

In a world where moms paint their kids' faces during the holidays and sweeten them with worthy confections ("What? You don't want dinner?") and haul out the craft box to let them connect with their inner artist and treat them to a nostalgic DVD that their mother actually saw in the ... read more