We originally planned to visit Madrid or Barcelona this summer, but I knew the extreme heat would reduce parental patience and deactivate my Mixed Chicks leave-in conditioner invigorated curls. So…
No offense to four percent of my ancestry, but Ireland was not in our travel plans. However, we live in Ohio. Options for direct flights to Europe are limited; three…
Four words I’m surprised to say: The ballet was lit! After getting free tickets from a neighbor-friend, we saw the final night of BalletMet’s Swan Lake at the Ohio Theater…
The family and I (minus Amber and the runt) made a quick trip to Cleveland to watch our Cavaliers obliterate the New York Knicks. We were hoping to make it…
Last year’s holiday vacation was to an unseasonably warm Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Great trip; we saw dolphins, played football on the beach, and returned home with just mild covid…
I see a doctor once a year and I’m in-and-out within 30 minutes. I answer a few questions, get my blood screened, and hope they compliment my resting heart rate.…
Amber and I went to Chicago in June to see Coldplay, and our “neglected” kids were like, “Take us! You said we would all go to Chicago!” Two months later,…
I just turned 43 and my edges ain’t right. To be fair, my hairline struggle is not new. I was born with a large cerebral cortex that resulted in a…
I opened the blinds this morning and saw what I thought was a faceless dog. I ran outside in my sexiest morning outfit and realized the animal was a fox…
A couple-few years ago, I wrote a blog post about my parents’ wedding at McDonald’s. The story went viral and McDonald’s contacted us about being part of a print ad,…
In 2017, I moved my family from San Diego, California to Pickerington, Ohio, a ho-hum city outside of Columbus where deer will eat your shrubs and shit in your yard.…
We started the 10-hour drive to Carolina Beach late Christmas morning, a couple of hours after the boys opened their latest brain-draining device. Unlike our other winter trips, this wasn’t…
My 7-year-old, all grin but no front teeth, had an important question. “Mama, did you do sex?” Where’d that come from? Well, we “did” sex often and our little ones…
I said months ago “Give me all the vaccines!” Either God reads this blog (very few humans do), or I spoke it into existence, but I’ve since received two Moderna…
Here’s video from our recent sledding trip to Simsbury Park Disk Golf Course in good ol’ Pickerington, Ohio. Well, “trip” is too strong a word since it’s just down the…
My thoughts on the three coronavirus vaccines that have proven effective? Give me all the drugs. Deaths and hospitalizations due to covid are at record highs. I haven’t breathed on my…
One of the great American traditions is road tripping during a pandemic to view fall foliage and consume legal marijuana. We did just that with a recent 24-hour stay in…
How’s it been working from home with three kids in virtual school? My first grader refused to do any work because he “knows everything.” He knows a lot about beyblades…I’ll…
Kamala Harris for vice president was the biggest thing to hit the internet since the WAP video, though far less enjoyable. (“Wet and gush, make that pull-out game WEAK!” Yes,…
Hey! Anyone up for travel and communicable disease! Amber and I took our first mini-vacation since the Covid-19 pandemic began, a road trip to Pittsburgh in celebration of her 40th…
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