life beyond the bleachers

So a few years ago we wanted a dog (ok, it was me). No gerbil, hamster, or guinea pig can compete when you've grown up with a dog. So we...

I have always loved planners, calendars, and journals, but this s one of my all time favorites! I love how the pages are kind of random thou...

My husband is not Mr. Technology. He learned how to send email a year ago. On more than one occasion I have found him talking on his cell ph...

In December I got a great deal on the electric guitar that my daughter requested for Christmas on craigslist. So when someone we knew told u...

Many of you know my sister because I post her crazy stories here as well. What you might not know is that she is also an expert on early chi...

The last month off has been great! I finally piled up enough vacation time at work to take time off without trying to make up the hours. In ...

Today I picked my oldest up for an appointment with an oral surgeon to put a bracket put on a tooth. We stopped at the mall for lunch on the...

Tonight at parent-teacher conferences we had what was probably the shortest conference in the history of education - except maybe for the pa...

Is it any wonder Brett Favre can't seem to figure out what he wants to do? It's from living with the weather in Wisconsin for so lon...

November 1st. It's probably safe to assume that the rummage sale I was planning is not going to happen anytime soon - which is really s...

Well, the first flight into the adult world was a success. My oldest returned from her trip to D.C. with photos, souvenirs, stories, new fri...

Every parent has done it. You’re shopping at the mall looking through sale racks with your preschooler by your side. You look down and she’s...

I left the airport after sending my daughter off into the great unknown, and stopped to pick up a paper on the way home, thinking the crossw...

Tomorrow morning I am putting my oldest daughter on a plane to D.C. alone to attend a conference for a week. I wrote all her important numb...

We have all seen that baby who couldn't keep going any longer and fell asleep face down in her food on the high chair tray. I give you t...

Two years ago I started a project called "the weekly card". Each week I decorated an index card using paint, paper, stickers, and ...

Glad it's the neighbor's house not mine.

So, I'm way up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for work. I had great plans to get caught up and work on some photo projects for my family...