Wendy's Excellent Adventure

Sunset on the North Shore of Oahu. Why did I leave, again? There were so many legitimate reasons for leaving Hawaii. Not the least of whic...

Josie had her 4-month checkup this week. She's perfectly healthy and doing all the things she's supposed to be doing -- playing wit...

Jason is still sick. Very, very sick. Like, can barely breathe or stand up and is still having massive coughing fits in which he coughs up ...

OK, I'm the asshole. Because it turns out that Jason wasn't sniveling about some little cold. He's got pneumonia. I called him ...

I know you're not feeling good. I really do. Your eyes are red and watery, you've got a fever, you're stomach is in full-on re...

OK, folks, time for another TMI Thursday. Click the picture above to read more awesomely cringe-worthy TMIs courtesy of LiLu at LivitLuvit....

Right now, Jason has a lot more free time than I do. He doesn't like being away from the family during the week, and he works long, har...

OK, folks, time for another TMI Thursday. Click the picture above to read more awesomely cringe-worthy TMIs courtesy of LiLu at LivitLuvit....

I think about happiness alot. Not so much whether I am happy or others around me are happy, but about our national obsession with happiness ...

It is an amazing, amazing thing to watch a human being acquire language. I'm sort of obsessed with language anyway, so every time Zeke ...

The National Western Stock Show is in town. It's an annual event that has been going on for over 100 years and is the biggest stock sho...

Last night, Zeke was running around like a crazy person, as usual, and I realized it was getting late and he still hadn't had any dinner...

I can't seem to win, health-wise. I thought I had finally kicked whatever virus nastiness had been partying in my innards, and then my ...

My brother Sam, who finds Jason's linguistic machinations hilarious, recently heard someone exclaim "cheese and rice," and as...

I just want to munch on those cheeks Second babies get the short shrift. You've been there, done that, so while the baby is cute and sw...

What a difference 10 years makes. When 2000 was ringing in, I was recovering from back surgery, still recovering from a bad breakup, 6 month...

My parents arrived the other day, and immediately things seem better. I don't have tonsillitis -- I'm on my 9th day of antibiotics, ...

The aches on Friday weren't just tiredness from working out too much. They were the initial signs that my body was going into full-on r...

Just for fun, and to lighten my own mood, I searched out the infamous SNL "Schweddy Balls" sketch. Even after more than 10 years,...

I'm having one of those days when I feel like I've been hit by a truck.  I've been doing a pretty intense exercise program, and ...