Last year it was a very Wii-nderful Christmas. The year before that Leapsters were the hit. The year before that, Leapfrog in general hopped into the house and didn’t leave. Christmas 2009 was a very Mindware Christmas. Everything the boys …
I love IKEA. Some people call it cheap furniture, I call it “stuff I can afford to buy AND also afford to replace once the boys beat the shit out of it.” Walking into a store makes me happy. A …
I was going to post a lighthearted stab at online flame wars tonight, but I hate them so much I don’t even want to poke fun at them. They’re nasty and mean and people say things they’d never say to …
It never ceases to amaze me how dependent on technology society is. I’m convinced that if all the technological advances of the last 150 years simultaneously failed we’d be at a loss as to how to create fire. Screwed is what …
Dear sweet God, but is it good to be home. I crawled into my soft and electric-blanket heated bed and nearly broke into tears. There…there was support! And there was comfort! And there was padding! No feeling of sleeping on …
It’s Dinner Date Night here at the House of Chaos, where we put the boys to bed early and have a delectable dinner while we watch Sunday Night Cartoons, for which we will burn in hell for loving. I thought …
Dear Mother Nature, Are you feeling better after your little hissy fit? Eighteen inches in a 36 hour period shows, after it was 85 ten days ago shows true cajones. So nice of you to let the sun out to …
It’s snowing. A lot. Like, you’re going to see Denver on the evening news LOT. I think there’s maybe eight inches on the ground now, blowing and drifting, with another 18+ expected by tomorrow night. The kicker? My kids had …
I have to attribute this to Stimey, who posted it on Twitter last week, attributing it to someone else and that’s as far as I’m going because frankly, I’m already lost. Do you use Google Reader? Yes? Good. Overwhelmed by …
I have cobwebs in my brain. Not the whole thing, just in the nooks and crannies that aren’t easily reached. This blog got kicked into a corner several weeks ago and has sat there, sad and lonely, growing quite the …
