The Stephford Diaries

Lou has issues. Lots of them. And we’re not talking just regular cat issues here. The cat probably needs Kitty Prozac. For example, Lou likes to suck blankets but only a certain kind of blanket. And she prefers it be a blanket that is used primarily by me. Then there’s her whole aversion to being [...]

Matt is my “starter” kid. You know what I mean by that — the first kid gets Mommy 1.0. It’s a nice enough program usually, but it has lots of bugs to fix and probably some bad code. There are more than a few errors that cause the whole system to crash. It’s not that [...]

So I’m no Ree, but every so often, I manage to get a picture of my kids that sums them up perfectly. This one does the job so well, I can’t even add to it with captioning.

So, about a year ago, we were busily packing up to move from the ‘hood to Stepford. We decided that packing would be a great time to get rid of some of our useless crap unused items.
So, we’re in Lenna’s room cleaning it out. Now, this chore isn’t a whole lot of fun to begin [...]

Mostly because I feel like I haven’t talked about her much lately, and I can’t leave her out of the humiliating story loop. (This was posted back in 2005.)
Here’s a giggle for everyone…
So Lenna comes downstairs…Lenna: Mommy?Me: Yes?Lenna: Mommy, I stuck something up my noseandIcan’tgetitoutandeverytimeItouchit…I sneeeeeze. :wailing:Me: You did *what?(I’m already trying my damnedest [...]

Some of you have heard this story, but I don’t care. It’s funny, and I want it chronicled on the interwebs so my boy’s potential love interests can someday trip across it and know that he’s always been a little…adventurous (read: willing to completely disregard personal safety in the interest of having fun).
One day a [...]

As most of y’all know, my uterus is attempting to make its escape before I put it to use again. Birthing Tricia apparently traumatized it a lot. And really, I can’t be mad because birthing Tricia traumatized my…most of me a lot. (My boobs still cry when they see themselves in the mirror, but that’s [...]

…as you all know has reached the teen years without being killed or even seriously maimed. We’re putting a check in the ol’ Win column on that one. I’m pretty sure there were more than a few family members who lost money on that deal. (FYI — I would not place bets that Lenna makes [...]

So, I really and truly love being a mom. Sure, I get frustrated like every other parent on the planet, but for the most part, I dig my kids in a big way. Even Matt’s superteenalicious drama can crack me up.
But sometimes, I enjoy it more than I should, I think. Take, for example, the [...]