Christmas Passed

I couldn’t wait for Annie to go to bed on Christmas Eve so Santa could come. She had other ideas. My cousin Leah and her boyfriend Ted were staying over, and Annie thought this was the GREATEST! THING! EVER! She was wired and it took her forever to come down from the thrill of having…

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Merry Christmas, You Jerks!

Christmas is supposed to be a time for loving and appreciating your family, but not everyone seems to have got the message. On Christmas Day a guy with the charming Twitter handle of @Fart re-tweeted messages from disgruntled present recipients, and the results were pretty disgusting. Here is a sampling:

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Easy Meringues

I could eat meringues…constantly. They were another treat that my grandma would whip up while we were at school. I easily could have wolfed down the whole batch but she always had me save a few for my dad (and if my dad beat me home, she’d make him save some for me). I was…

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The Spohr Holiday Collection

Annie has lately been obsessed with Christmas, much to my delight. This is her special headbanger message to all of you: She’s been watching her Christmas videos on repeat for the last few weeks, so here they all are, not only for all of your enjoyment, but for my own convenience (I am tired of…

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Sticky Situations

I have never been good with dirty, sticky things. I remember I once said that exact sentence to a friend and she said, “Well, good luck with kids.” At the time I think my reply was, “well, I just won’t LET my kids get dirty or sticky.” I must have been a know-it-all teenager when…

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