I’ve never done live blogging but I figure that now will be a good time to start. Technically it won’t be “live” since I’m not posting updates as they happen but I am writing as things are happening. So it’s kind of like a live blog recorded from an earlier performance like American Idol. Right now, I’m at home watching television while blogging and running up and down the stairs to give candy to...

With Halloween just a few days away, we decided that today would be a good time to carve some pumpkins. Growing up, I never looked forward to carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns. There was something about a crooked “smile” and some triangles representing a nose and eyes that I just despised. I always wanted to do something cool but, due to a lack of artistic ability, my pumpkins always looked like some Charlie Brown reject....

If you haven’t heard, California is currently on fire… Again. Right now, all of the millionaires in Malibu are being evacuated from their homes so that they don’t toast up like the soy marshmallows in their cupboards. Am I the only person who is curious as to what goes through the minds of the people who build their home in the hills of Malibu? These are the people who build multi-million dollar homes 3.2 inches from the...

Today I took the kids out with some friends and we went bird hunting. We weren’t trying to kill birds though. We were trying to catch them. Specifically, we were trying to catch a red-tailed hawk. My friend John just got his falconers license and would like to have a hawk. The day was pretty good even though we didn’t catch a bird. The kids enjoyed themselves and we were able to see a lot of birds. We also learned that juvenile...

With Holly in nursing school, there is a lot of stress in our home. As you might imagine, with three children, two dogs, a job, and school, plus a husband that works full-time and also goes to school, Holly was feeling a bit stressed. Read the rest......