My dad has been staying with us for three weeks now. I've gotten used to having him around. He is incredibly helpful and it's striking how one more adult in the house has an exponential effect on the care of the children. It eases the frenzied pace of the daily schedule - my … [Read more...]

Somewhere along the California coast between Malibu and Santa Barbara, 1999Sailing in the Caribbean among the British Virgin Islands, 2002Some statue somewhere, 2003Avila Beach, CA 2003Kauai, 2004Punta Gringa, on the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, 2004(The abysmal … [Read more...]

The other night, after the Superbowl, my dealer showed up at my house. It was nighttime, bedtime actually, and the husband was snuggled in bed with Kid 1, Kid 2 was already asleep, my visiting dad was hanging out watching (more) TV, and I was snuggled up here with my laptop.The … [Read more...]

Do you want to hear about / see pictures of our Big Fat New York City day? Mosey on over to Uptake to read my post and see Chris Tjaden's photos. I heckled him all day to take pictures so I could use them in my story. For that travel blog post I specifically left out the … [Read more...]

Announcing my tentative foray into the world of RSS feeds! Look to your left, above my profile photo. There is a new button there labeled "subscribe." If you already have a feed reader, you are thinking "duh, it's about time, Kim!" But if you don't know what I am talking … [Read more...]