My iPad, My Wrath

An iPad scuffle caught on camera: I got an iPad for Christmas! Remember that editorial I wrote about only getting one present for Christmas? Turns out that’s A-OK if it’s an iPad. Tim certainly knows how to play this game. I’m loving it. There’s only one thing that stands between me and full enjoyment of […]

Mom’s Handwriting

I just had my friend Barb mail me a Christmas card my mother sent her years ago. It’s a TREASURE! If you have an old card or letter my mom sent you and would like to pass it back to me, I would treasure it. Please let me know. Seeing her handwriting and her thoughts […]

GTW Editorial: 2012 Resolution Repeats

Do you remember two years ago when we listed our 2010 Resolutions? Neither do we. So we thought we’d revisit them and see what 730 days of diligent behavior gets you:  1. We will not wait until the last minute to write the editorial.Not True. We fear the day the printer accidentally prints the initial […]

MyPheme – Up and running!

My essay on “Running with the kids at home” was featured on www.mypheme.com today! If you cruise around their site you’ll see they have some downright outrageous to extremely funny on it. (Check out Tami Evans’s essay on “expectations” and Anna Lefler’s essay on mustaches!)

The Faker, Not So Much

Kendall said he was sick. He’d even acted sick the night before, uninterested in… brownies. Red flag. Then this morning, he was still claiming not to feel too hot despite having plans after school that hinged on his school day attendance… a playdate. Red flag. Even as I threw down the gauntlet (no school, no […]