Handy Kid/Car Gadget

January 23, 2010

One of the things I’ve found so very handy from my mommy pals is advice on things that make life a little easier. This is one thing that I’ve been really liking. It’s a trash bin for your car. It’s weighted and has Velcro on the bottom so it sticks to the carpet right where […]

Read the full article →

Designer’s Lament

January 22, 2010

Man this blogging thing can be a serious pain in the gozotch, as my daddy would say. Every time I want to figure out how to do one simple thing that should be absolutely intuitive, I’m sent on a wild goose chase to figure out how to make it work. For instance, I want to […]

1 comment Read the full article →

Haven for Helicopter Hoes

January 21, 2010

I couldn’t resist the alliteration of the title for this post. But in all seriousness, I speak of Heli Expo, the annual gathering of the helicopter industry to share, drink, talk, eat, drink, buy, sell, drink, educate, research, hire, drink and network. And I have noticed that sometimes there is drinking. This year we head […]

1 comment Read the full article →

98.6 is for Sissies

January 20, 2010

So I’m sitting at work, working away like a good little Umpa Lumpa, when I get a call from the nanny. “I thought I should call you because I’ve never seen this before. (Sweetness) is shivering hard and has blue lips. We were out playing. I washed her hands in warm water and have bundled […]

Read the full article →

Adventures in Potty Training

January 19, 2010

With Sweetness sneaking up on 2 years and 5 months, we decided it was high time she started to get serious with this potty training business. Last spring we got her her own potty – a pink Baby Bjorn thing that was just the right size for her. She sat on it with her clothes […]

Read the full article →

Helping Hands

January 18, 2010

Ahh, a blessed day off. This is the first year in my five years at my current job that we’ve “had a dream.” It’s our first Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We celebrated here at home by recovering from a busy weekend and getting a few chores done. Truth be told, mommy reflected on the […]

Read the full article →

More than a Museum

January 17, 2010

Here’s a “well, duhhhh” for you. When you have kids, it’s like a whole new world is opened to you. I always planned to go to the zoo and aquarium more when I had kids to share them with. Yet, there are so many more things out there that I was somewhat aware of, but […]

Read the full article →

The Witch is Back

January 16, 2010

The last couple of days I’ve been feeling that old familiar feeling. You know, the one where your middle section feels as if an immenent storm is about to pass through, and I’m not talking about that left over Chinese food. But while I was pretty sure I knew what it was, a part of […]

Read the full article →