Weird day today!  We took Auntie to work and then took Ellie to her 9-month well child visit.  I got dreadfully lost on the way and thought we might be late, but I found my way eventually (and on time).  Anyway, Ellie is doing great! She’s 28 1/8 inches tall, which is the 75th percentile [...]

Wow! I’m quite flattered! I don’t think I actually look like these people, though…
Okay, for grins I did it again with a different picture. The weird thing is, even though I had it set to “gender: all” I didn’t have any male matches either time!

I work out almost every day, for about 30-60 minutes. I might miss one day a week (or even two if the weather is too unbearable), but then I generally work out longer the next day. I work out mainly by walking places with the kids. I put them in the double [...]

Tonight I grilled us each a steak and made smashed chipolte sweet potatoes (an Alton Brown recipe). Usually, when I fix sweet potatoes I just cook them like baked poatoes and serve with butter and brown sugar. But these were spicy and amazing!
Today I also went out this morning to hit the local [...]

Well, today is going much better, thank goodness!  Killy and I are doing better, and halfway through lunch he looked up and said, “Naptime!” so I took him to the potty, put on his waterproof training pants, gave him his paci, he laid on the couch and I turned on the news and he was [...]

Its been a horrific day so far. We get up this morning and drop Erin at work and then go to the botanical gardens. In the car, Killy screams at me and Erin to “Go Away!” We get there and Killy has peed in his training pants. Uh-oh, but I brought [...]

But, they are two of my favorites:
Sudden Light
By Dante Gabriel Rossetti
I have been here before,
But when or how I cannot tell:
I know the grass beyond the door,
The sweet keen smell,
The sighing sound, the lights around the shore.
You have been mine before,—
How long ago I may not know:
But just when at that swallow’s soar
Your neck turned [...]