Well, we've survived half of the holidays so far with four kids between us who have different parentage on either side (his 2 grown-up kids have different moms, mine have different dads) - plus our 3 different sets of parents. Plus mine celebrate 2 religions. Thanksgivings. Check. Hanukkah. Check. Christmases still to come...

I've been MIA for almost a whole month from this blog. And the site went down for awhile and I ignored it, I know, I'm sorry. I was going to stop blogging altogether. I had the post all written about how much this blog has meant to me, and ...

Tonight, Joy (who is 8 years old) was having a pre-preteen snit fit. About something. I can't even remember what anymore. And she kept saying over and over again, "It's not funny. It's not. FUNNY!" Clara, who just turned two on Sunday, copies everything Joy does. So she kept saying, "Funny! ...

Normally, I limit our fast food intake to no more than one night per week. But on Tuesday night, I had to go grocery shopping after work. Which leaves us all starving and crabby. Clara and I were heading home from the Wendy's drive thru, when a young girl flagged me ...

I spend my weekends preparing for the coming week. I plan the meals and then drag the girls to the grocery store (I bribe them with the free cookie). While they're napping, I clean the house. I stick them in front of movies while I catch up on dishes and ...

Some mornings you just want to have a shower all by yourself. A long hot quiet shower. And so I really tried, but Clara found the Vaseline jar that I use to moisten her nose when she has a cold. And she put some on her nose all by herself. ...

When my sister and I were young, my dad wrote a holiday letter. It said that my sister and I had become the "do-it sisters." I was YOU do it, and my little sister was MY do it. Ironically, my own daughters are turning out the same way. Joy would be ...

This is Clara after she dumped over the whole box of crackers. After she woke up at 4:30 (when I'd been up sick until 1am). And after she refused to get dressed. But before she colored on the kitchen wall with ballpoint pen. This is Clara after she fell asleep in ...

This cool new SS (Single Supermama) wordpress blog is my awesome Christmas gift from Mrs. Flinger. We've been co-habitating at her blog for the last couple of months, and I love. her. LOOOOVE. But she has a billion people who read her blog. Which turned out to intimidate me a ...

This morning I saw this bumper sticker:SAVE THE EARTH.HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD.Does it count if you have only one child per man?