Do you know why there are so many mommy blogs?
Because it’s easy.
If you have kids, you can throw up pictures from pretty much any day of your life and be like “LOOK!  I POSTED!  SPECIAL MOMENTS WITH MY KIDS!”  and someone, somewhere, will be all “awwww, you have babies and they eat turkey.  So cute.”

And [...]

My family is having Thanksgiving dinner without me today.
My mom and my brothers, along with the rest of their families, will gather around a table and turkey, 1400 miles to the north of me in a small ranch house in Iowa.  They’ll laugh and they’ll eat and they’ll make fun of one another.  They’ll take [...]

When I fall behind on work stuff, my tendency is to push life aside and throw myself into getting “caught up”.  I can’t stand the idea of letting people down or just barely making a deadline or meeting only the minimum requirements.
(Unless we’re talking about laundry.)
For the first time in forever, I went almost an [...]

Last night, Jared and I decided to take advantage of the fact that we still do not have any children at home to distract us from having to talk to one another and go out for dinner together.
I suggested my favorite Japanese restuarant, Kobé, because we have always had a great time and really enjoyed [...]

“Your test results were a little… unusual.”
Awesome.  Because that’s exactly the first thing you want to hear your doctor say when he walks into the room.
“Unusual?”
“Yes, well, there’s some things that are… strange.”
Strange and unusual.  Again – awesome.
My doctor quickly assured me that there a bunch of really bad things that he knew I did [...]

Saturday afternoon, I went to a baby shower.
I’ve been to a lot of baby showers, but this one was different.
This baby shower was for my beautiful friend Faiqa, who is a Pakistani American with a butt load of middle eastern friends.  And while you might not think that this fact alone is significant, think for [...]

There is a nasty rumor going around that I don’t know how to make Guacamole.
And, OK, so my last attempt didn’t end… um… well. I’ll give you that.
But! Since then! I have been redeemed!
No, really. I totally know how to make Guacamole now.
(you, stop snickering, I will show you…)
Allow me to [...]