Tonight is the 4th night of a 5-day work trip for me.  I left on Monday at an hour that decent people do not consider 'morning' yet, and I fly home very late tomorrow evening.  My trip is to a facility that deals with building aircraft carriers in...

When Elisa was about 18 months old, I decided that I would try to see how long we could go before she became interested in princesses.  It was kind of a social experiment on nature vs. nurture, kind of a feminist statement against the status quo, and...

Elisa turned 4 yesterday, which I find kind of amazing.  Not that I thought she wouldn't get here...I just didn't realize it would happen so soon.  The festivities lasted for an entire week, because we decided that a party the Saturday before...

If I hadn't called recently, my mom would probably be wondering if I'd joined the Foreign Legion.  That's what she used to wonder when I was in college and didn't call for too long.  Between this and that and the swine flu and the stomach flu and the...

I'm mostly over myself, at least compared to yesterday.  The kids have bad timing, but they're also pretty cute and do a reasonable job of putting their own dishes in the sink. Tory horked again first thing this morning but has seemed fine since, so...