It’s been three weeks now since Tyler got his drivers license.

June 10th-not even a full month has passed.
Ahh, the memories. It seems so long ago, those days of me toting him around.
I was so sad …

Monday morning, I was very sluggishly trying to get ready for work. In the process though, I learned a magic trick that would make David Copperfield jealous:How to make teenage boys disappear in 3 easy …

What is it with men and money?They either want all the control of the money or nothing to do with it.
I have managed our family finances for most of the 17 years my husband and …

I’m in bed this morning, trying to recuperate from a long week.
I decided to forgo any attempts to make coffee and instead went straight for Diet Coke.
No chance of me needing to suck it off …

Your morning goes something like this:
Turn on coffee pot.
Take shower.
Go back for coffee and there is no pot.
But lots and lots of coffee on the floor.
You would think coffee pot makers would think of this.
Coffee …

A month or so ago, I watched the documentary about Farrah Fawcett’s battle with cancer.
Toward the end of the show, Tyler walked in at one point, saw that I was watching something medical (he …

Back in May, we let our housekeeper go. It was a weird set of circumstances that led us to that decision. But at the moment, it seemed so sensible.
Save money.
Let the kids help out more …

Greetings! Here are some questions I am frequently asked about my blog….
Q: Do you make this stuff up?
A: No. How could I? Everything here is true and part of my daily life. When I started …

I arrived in Austin last night, here for a quick work visit.
I haven’t been to the Austin airport in years, probably at least twenty years. The minute you step into this terminal, instantly you know …

Well, I started a blog tonight while waiting for my flight to Austin.
The original blog was about the tv programming choices that I had to choose from at 11:30 last night. I didn’t finish that …

Sunday night I was up at 11:30, which seems to have become my new bedtime. I’m one of those weirdos who goes to sleep with the TV on.
The TV had been off all day but …

Warning, this post is not for the faint of heart, grandparents, or parents who have small children and have not yet entered the world of teenagers.
Actually, if you have small children, you might want to …

If you read my previous blog from last weekend, you know I am once again at a Saturday swim meet.
This is our last full meet of the year.
There are 1600 people here.
I got lucky. Or …

Fortunately, I work in a job where I can pop in and out of the house during the summer on some days, depending on my client visits.
Today was one of those days. I was in …

June 18th. Half Baked. That is where I am at tonight. Half baked, half done.
Actually, there is a dual reason I decided to use that title, keep reading, there is a part II.
My husband left …

I am at Texas Children’s tonight as Jordan gets his MRI done. I don’t know if I will finish this before he gets out, if I do, that’s a good thing because it means he …

Yesterday was Tyler’s 16th birthday.
I think for a parent, having officially passed that milestone now, I can say that having a child turn 16 is one of those moments where you look at your newborn …