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. …
Today was The Girl’s class Halloween party, and I was tasked with making cookies. Well, ok, I signed up for cookies – because I knew just what I wanted to do. I made a recipe similar to one I’d tried a couple of years ago, but as good as they …
I don’t often blog about my adventures in motherhood (so many others do it so well, and frankly, I worry I’d write about something horrible or embarrassing that would come back to haunt The Girl. But, I have to relate some recent happenings, which I can’t help but think are …
