I’m still getting used to this new medicine, which happens to give me nightmares all night every night, so I’m a little too tired to write a post.   How about you write it instead? If you could go back in time (or, for some of you, into the future) what would be the main thing [...]

I’ve got nothing good for you. No, seriously, I’m in the process of trying to add in a new medicine and my hormones were already out of control before this and now it’s just throwing my estrogen and testosterone even more out of whack which explains why I cried on — wait for it — [...]

For Olivia’s August girls’ date, we got creative — on my own front porch! First, we picked out some stars and ribbon at Hobby Lobby.  Next, we came home and painted them on the front porch, one coat at a time.  Once the stars were dry, we added ribbon to them and set them aside [...]

From the age of five forward, I grew up in a single parent household.  I have no memories of my parents being married to each other and since only one of my parents remarried while I was young and I only saw that parent on occasion, I didn’t grow up with the understanding of what [...]

I don’t know about you, but I was ready for a good weekend by the time this one rolled around!  When I got off work on Friday afternoon, Aviean went with me to pick up Angelina from after-school care and Juliana and Olivia from day care.  I was feeling some kind of weird inclination to [...]

On Saturday morning, after depositing Angelina, Juliana and Olivia at their dad’s apartment, I took Aviean on her August girls’ date! For Aviean’s date this month, I decided that we would drive out to a Mennonite farm that sells fresh fruits and vegetables as well as animals.  I’ve only been to the part with fruits [...]

Oh, Aunt Cate.  That looks like it hurts! Are you still glad you came over to see us after you got off work last night? Um, Aunt Cate?  Why aren’t you answering that question? I mean, we’re just hanging out like we typically do on Friday evenings. We’re SO glad you could join us, Aunt [...]

I have been missing that little Aviean bird all week!  Luckily for me, I get to pick her up after work today and spend the weekend knee deep in dress-up clothes and baby dolls. I can’t believe I haven’t written about the “free internet” thing yet, because this is quite the topic of conversation anytime [...]

After Juliana and Olivia’s dentist appointments on Wednesday morning, I took Olivia to day care and then informed Juliana that she and I were going on her August girls’ date! Little Juliana has been requesting to eat “bisquetti” (spaghetti) for quite awhile now, so I took her downtown to a little Italian restaurant for our [...]

If you’ll remember, when I asked Juliana what she wanted for her birthday, she asked me if I would take her to the dentist.  In that moment, it hit me that she and her sisters had probably never been to the dentist before.  I asked them and their dad and, sure enough, they hadn’t made [...]