My younger daughter is in speech therapy. According to her assessments, she’s just about a year behind schedule. That lost year has caused a lot of day-to-day angst for the entire family as …

Why did I start blogging?
Because I have a bad memory.
The truth behind the bad memory is a rough childhood with an alcoholic father and a coping mechanism that stays with me to this day.
Things have …

It was like the perfect storm. There was my mom, my sisters, my dad, and my dear friend Juanita out in eastern Oklahoma ALL asking the exact same questions: How are the kids? What’s new …

Like everything else iffy in the expansive, mysterious universe, it could be George Bush’s fault. I published my first post at my home blog, Lifenut, on September 30th, 2004.
During the months leading up to …

My son Declan has a very strict bedtime routine – completely of his own invention. When I tell you about it, please do not think we are nuts. (Just think of all the crazy stuff …

The Subjects: My children, ages 8, 8, 6 and myself.
Hypothesis: Changing my attitude first will produce the same desired effect in my kids.
A few years ago a gentlemen asked my dad how he raised …

Much to MRS’s chagrin, our sex life has popped up as semi-frequent topic on my blog. And today, it rears its ugly head again. In the past I’ve complained about the systematic collapse our bedroom …