This is my baby brother.
And by baby brother I mean 21 year old college junior who can totally take care of himself and vote and hold a job and probably (but maybe not! probably not even!  we’re going with highly unlikely!) have sex baby brother.
I’m 9 years older than him, which has made me more [...]

“Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!”
-Dr. Seuss
Now that Hilly has had a chance to tell you herself, it’s OK for me to talk about it here.
Hilly hasn’t been here for the last week just visiting.  She’s been checking out the area to decide if it’s a good place for her [...]

The Eagle has landed.
Or rather, the first Eagle in a series of many. The first guest of the month, my baby brother, arrived in Florida late last night and will be staying with us until Friday (at which point I will cry and cry and probably collapse into a depressed heap (oh wait! No! [...]

I can’t go into details, because the details still make me sick to my stomach.  And the tears are too blinding to write through… if I let myself think of the details.  And I know for many of you that won’t make sense.
But, it’s over.  He’s done.  That’s what you need to know.
And I wish [...]

Let me tell you what’s more important than me winning.
The Baby Brother Winning His First Round Match At State Wrestling Yesterday!!!!!!!!
And me becoming the most psycho fan EVER – even at the state tournament aka gathering place for the most psycho of psycho fans.  Even there, when he threw in that front headlock and whipped his [...]

For those of you who have been waiting to hear…
HE DID IT!!! HE DID IT!!!!  MY BABY BROTHER IS GOING TO STATE!!!!
Whew.  Such a relief.  To make it back to state as a senior, after a long, grueling, painful season is, well, it is awesome and KICKS ASS!!
Now, I have roughly 48 hours to make arrangements for [...]

I read somewhere once that some people have “Movie Moments” in their lives.  When I was thinking about writing this post, I realized that all of the Movie Moments in my own life have a decidedly Rocky-esque feel to them.  Maybe that’s why I love sports so much, because it’s given me most of my [...]

We take a break from our regularly scheduled Blog Love series to bring you this important public service announcement:
Carbs Kill
I know this.  And normally, I stick to my low-carb diet pretty well.  Low-carb, not “no carb” – because that would just be insane.
Anyway, last night I was in a hurry.  I made stir-fry for dinner [...]

This weekend I had an opportunity to have a nice little chat with my baby brother’s new “girlfriend” as she sat huddled in a corner booth at a local restaurant.
I would have never even known she was there if my brother hadn’t sought me out to tell me.  So, technically, anything that happened after that point [...]