I was always the shy, quiet girl who went out of my way to avoid drawing attention to myself in school.  I was bewildered by the class clown...

pa·ja·ma  dra·ma       [ p uh - jah -m uh   drah -m uh ] Situation that develops when a strong-willed child wants to wear his pajamas to sc...

Last week I told y'all it was picture day at the elementary school.  I managed to talk Dracen into moving one step up from a t-shirt to ...

I went to Asheville today for a third grade field trip to a science center.  I ate lunch with another boy kid since my own boy kid decided t...

Well, we've almost made it through our first full week of school without any major complaints or problems.  Though Devin did ask me if I...

The first day back to school yesterday went pretty smoothly other than the fact that Devin didn't really get any of his close friends in...

I'm not crying. I'm not. Really, I'm not. But I am a little teary because I just watched as my oldest boarded the bus to his fir...

Why does painting a room always end up taking way longer than I anticipate?  I spent the majority of my day, until 11:00 last night, paintin...

1. This is the last week of school here which means it is also my last week of semi-sanity for awhile.  There will be fighting, there will b...