I totally skipped blogging yesterday because the bulk of my day was taken up by parenting challenges. Funny thing, though – as it turns out, I’m not comfortable publicly posting about most of those types of things. As much as reading about it would make my mother grin and say, …
Literally and figuratively. On today’s docket is laundry, getting The Girl to clean her room, and working on the long overdue port (ha! cancer pun!) of my CaringBridge content over to its own section of this site. I’ve decided to dedicate time each day of NaBloPoMo to these updates. With …
Today, the city of Chicago hosted a massive parade and rally for the Cubs. In addition to my MIL, many of my friends ventured into the city to be part of the celebration… some staying overnight and some taking early trains downtown. But not me. I had bigger plans. Today, after school …
HO-LEE-COW! Back when I was 10 years old, I spent a very long summer dealing with an unknown illness (now that I think of it, that seems to be a theme with me) that we eventually found out was Crohn’s disease (I’m all good – it’s manageable and a story …
I love purple, and Jeeps, but today, one scared the living daylights out of me. The Girl and I were in the car, sitting at an infamous intersection by my house. It’s infamous for not only being a very long light, but it has a No Turn On Red sign and …
It’s what? Na(tional)Blo(g)Po(sting)Mo(nth). Since since 2006, during the month of November, bloggers ’round the world pledge to write (and publish) a blog post every day. Some succeed, some fail. I figure if I could take a photo a day for over 4 years, I can write every day for 30. …
