Dino Spouse and I broke our cars out this morning from behind the meter-high retaining wall left behind when our HOA finally plowed out our cul-de-sac last night. We got about three feet of snow Friday through Saturday. We both had doctor's...

The other night, as I was diagnosing myself with gall stones, I stumbled upon a WebMD article about the six most embarassing women's health conditions. As a maternopath, I am fascinated by medical curiosities. Their list was: 1. Frequent urination 2....

My pal Peggy from Kid and Caboodle (and Ur Takses!) told me about a blog carnival on work-life balance I should join. It's being run by Katherine Lewis, who has a blog about working moms and is promoting this project by Fem 2.0. I'm never one to miss a...

BoyMan invited me to accompany him on a 7th grade field trip today to Medieval Times. Since I predicted that my days of being invited to appear with him anywhere in public would be numbered, I took the day off so I could serve as a chaperone. It was an...

I am neither hungry nor sober, but I did at least get a good work-out tonight. Not at belly dance, alas - I didn't make it back to Columbia in time. However, the indoor track at the gym was open, so I dorkily power-walked for 40 minutes. Were it not...