Finally, I’m starting to feel like myself again.  After having been too sick to live my life as normal for the past two weeks, I’m finally starting to get a grip on everything again.  I got the kids to school on time and myself to work on time, I even went to the gym and [...]

I’ve always heard people say that people and their pets start to look alike after awhile… I never thought it would apply to me, until I saw this picture of me and Lily. She seems to be stealing my eye-makeup tips!

She really is a very sweet and patient dog. Would you let a [...]

I can never decide if chocolate chip cookies or oatmeal cookies are my favorite, so tonight I made them together… and the sun broke through the clouds and God smiled on me. Well, something like that… these are seriously the best cookies ever made.

Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cup raw sugar [...]

A new quote for the quoteboard:
Jen: Try the soup.
Killy: YUCK!
Jen: That is not nice.  If you don’t like something, say, “Thank you for making this, but its not my favorite.”
Killy: Thanks for making this, but its never going to be my favorite.  Ever.

We’re all still alive… but I’m still sick. Its down to just a deep chest cough and as of tonight I seem to have a ear infection. Lovely! David has this awful crud, too, but so far it doesn’t seem too bad. Lily is doing well, housebreaking is going better than [...]

So, I’m still sick and Killy is home from school sick today, too.  I am actually feeling better than I did over the weekend so hopefully I’m on the road to recovery.  I don’t know when the last time I was this sick was… I haven’t worked out in several days, and walking across the [...]

She really is a wonderful dog!  She’s so sweet and patient with the kids, and even though Killy is wild and crazy she’s actually the most comfortable with him!  David and I were laughing last night – we have the absolutely perfect stereotypical American family: athletic handsome son, beautiful independent daughter, and now we have [...]