Feminine Wiles

Lord knows, I love making plans. In the 44 months after David proposed, we planned aplenty. We planned to take dance lesso...

It’s a wonder I ever get on a plane. It’s not that I have a fear of flying. Well, at least not a travel- altering fear of flying.  I can ...

Some 12 years ago, when Snarky Son (SS) was merely Sweet Son, his preschool class made a Thanksgiving “tree.”  Each child came home clutchi...

Yesterday afternoon, I made one of those absolutely necessary, but embarrassingly-infrequent circuits of the house, checking the exterior p...

Last time I clicked, the so-called viral video, JK Wedding Entrance had racked up an astounding five million hits. Not bad, considering ...

Yesterday was Day Nine of the Kids-At-Camp-Mom-Not program. Ideal day to chill some white wine. It was, after all, a Monday. Don't...

I am a list-making kind of girl. (One thing on The List, BTW, is deciding how much longer I can refer to myself as a girl .) I make gro...

I'm a stay-at-home mom. It happened haphazardly.  Fourteen years ago, when Son was born, we quickly realized that someone would have ...