A cutesy fall picture to cheer us up after the disappointment of leaving the unbelievably delicious leftovers from our lunch at Lilette to spoil in the car.

With the ongoing birthday drama, I thought it would be helpful to list some of what I’ve found out about birthday options in the Greater New Orleans area.  If you, like me, cannot host a birthday in your house and feel oddly compelled to still have one, here are the options I’ve found… with my [...]

Question: What is with Kate’s funny, scrunched up smile for the camera?

Answer: I have no idea.

(That’s me and my Mom, Easter 1978 — I’m almost 2 1/2, it’s a few months before my brother was born.)

The kids are a few weeks into their new school and Paul and I are finally getting adjusted.  The kids figured things out pretty quickly, but us?  We have new kids, new teachers, AND new parents to get to know with only a few minutes each day to sort it out.  It’s a big step [...]

Last night, Paul and I took Will out for some special time.  Driving across the bridge from Fort Walton Beach to Destin, we noticed some older looking planes flying in formation overhead.  We drove around the beach side of Destin, hopped out at the park at the edge of island, and climbed through the sand [...]

Our saga of trying to find a family insurance plan continues. And has worsened.
In trying to find a silver lining to it, this occurred to me. Remember back when Will was born, when I was pumping 6-8 hours a day, crying every single day, sometimes several times a day, sometimes so [...]

Will is now done with summer camp.  Here are some pictures from his next-to-last performance.  (The one 3 weeks ago.)  The song was about a clown’s face… that’s about a close as I got to understanding it.

Will poses in his clown outfit… complete with covers on his shoes.  The teachers really went all out.

Will watches [...]

A few weekends ago, I took the kids to the Zoo while Paul worked.  We went to the petting Zoo area, which is something we rarely do.  Mostly because I’m afraid of what Kate might do to the animals.

Okay, that’s not exactly true.  I’m just freaked about germs and the threat of her putting her [...]

The plan is to spend 10 days steps away from the clear waters of panhandle Gulf Coast, starting Sunday.  I contacted individual owners of a great property and negotiated nearly half off late-season rates for a last minute reservation.  The place has a water garden (complete with pirate ship), lazy river, zero-entry pool, and 3 [...]

My favorite part is the ’sonnet les mantines’ … or ’something in ma-teen-nes” … which is still better than I could sing it.
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OKAY, already.  Now it’s a .wav file.  Sheesh.