Since it's all I do on this thing anymore, I'm going to rant ( Read more... )

I saw this letter in Dear Prudence awhile back that STILL is burning me up, mainly because it’s a pretty common mindset.

Essentially, the letter writer was a new dad who was complaining because he had gone back to work but his wife still expected him to share the night duties with the baby. He said he “almost ran his car off the road” out of ( Read more... )

As most of you already know, our little boy arrived on March 9. He weighed 7 lbs 11 oz at birth, 20.5 inches long, and literally could not be healthier. All of the doctors examining him used the same word to describe him - perfect J

He’s got a great appetite - he’s 8oz above his birth weight as of last week’s ped appointment - and so far he’s pretty ( Read more... )

( I have insomnia, so I'm going to rant about Dunkin Donuts. )

So it's been a little over a month since I posted wedding stuff. In some ways, life has really slowed down since the wedding, in other ways, it's just as chaotic ( Read more... )

 I got married today!

Unfortunately, I don't have photos -- I brought y digital camera, so I could take and immediately upload photos from the wedding, but I ended up never getting it out of my bag. And It’s past midnight, we’ve been home for two hours now, and my husband (!!!) is fast asleep. But I have to write about it - as I explained it to him ( Read more... )

OK, since the comparisons of the debt limit to a household budget won't stop, here's about the closest we can get ( Read more... )

Still nothing.

Inspired by a Board of County Commissioners meeting in which the subject of what do to about the undocumented parents seeking help from DSS for their U.S.-born children. Local/state law says they can't report the parents unless there's a formal deportation order; one commissioner, gearing up before election day, is grandstanding and saying that DSS ( Read more... )

Wow, I've gotten lame about updating this thing since I started working.

( Long update )