I wrote this last week…when the temperatures were near 55 and the sun was shining. It’s been a beautiful, brown winter. The kind where I don’t have to button up my winter coat or warm-up my car. The kind where I get to run outside in January without bundling up too much. The kind where […]

I want to become a member of the Choosy Mothers club and vote Jif #2 just to see what happens. My January sweet tooth has flared up in a big way. Anything peanut butter and chocolate is a delicacy. As a result, that bag of peanut butter M&Ms is in shreds in the trash can. […]

Little Miles surprised his parents by arriving a week early, just in time to celebrate the end of 2011. He’s a soft, tiny bundle of love and was a doll for photos. I think being a Bears fan is a hereditary trait. I love this next set. Simply love. I don’t know who said it, […]

Instead of yearly resolutions, I tend to add to my bucket list of things to do in my lifetime. Ideally, I want to check at least a few things off in a year, but it doesn’t really matter which ones they are. Here are a few goals that I was able to check off in […]

This is how it started. Back when I was a young teenager, our family gift exchange started moving around. First it was Christmas Eve, then it was Christmas morning, then it was Christmas mid-morning after brunch, then Christmas post-lunch, then Christmas evening. The kicker was one year in my high school days when our gift […]