Wendy's Excellent Adventure

This past Saturday, we got back from spending Thanksgiving in DC.  It was a terrific holiday -- once again, my parents' house was packed...

Today is my niece Lydia's 10th birthday.  She's a special soul who holds a special place in my heart, so I thought I'd write her...

Gratitude My friend Karen has been doing a Thirty Days of Gratitude series for the month of November and I really liked the idea, so I...

I've traveled quite a bit in countries where people drive on the other side of the road (i.e., the left), including renting cars and goi...

My little boy, my baby, my Zekey-beans, is five years old today.  It's been a hectic week and J and I have been shitty about doing anyth...

I'm blogging over here today.  Come and see what the fuss is all about...

My lovely Josephine, you are now three years old.  And what a delight you are. I can now say that I no longer have any children in diapers...

I looked at Josie the other day and couldn't believe how angular and leggy she suddenly looks to me.  She's tall for her age (God kn...

My father's mother, who was my last living grandparent, died last night. The news was only shocking because she has been living in the...

STEP 1:  Have the groom be an absolute mensch with a wide circle of friends from all the various times of his life - college, business scho...

We took our big annual family trip to the beach a few weeks ago.  It was the usual craziness that comes with 10 or so people who love each o...

My theory about chaos is that it appears to be the default state for my life.  Things have been absolute insanity for the past month. I we...

Lately Zeke is all obsessed with death and dying. For the past month or so, he has asked me every day, more than once on many days, when I...

For the past 5 years, we have lived in extraordinarily beautiful places.  Hawaii's natural beauty is so abundant, no matter where you ar...

The bathroom is done! The guys finished the heavy-duty work (laying the tile, moving and reinstalling the toilet, installing the vanity) l...

I'm not normally a confrontational person.  I don't shy away from it, but I don't actively seek it out.  I pride myself on being...

I'm doing a three week cleanse/detox program that I started this past Wednesday (perhaps especially apropos in light of the Great Lollip...

Last week I was having a lot of achy muscle pain in my upper back, between my shoulder blades, and in my hips.  Achy achy achy.  Even when I...

I received an email today from the grandmother of one of my sorority sisters, who lives in Boulder (the sorority sister, not the grandma).  ...

It's been a very hectic time, one of those periods when I constantly feel like my head is spinning and I can't keep up with everythi...