They are really laughing AT me

When my kids were little, I'd wake up very early and gently wake them for school. I'd rouse them from their slumber with a hot b...

Yesterday I brought my friend to her chemo appointment at the Mayo clinic. It's easy for me to bring her because I go there for my own b...

Yikes! It's been so long since I've updated this blog I was worried it would have vanished off the face of the earth. But alas. It...

Ryan has decided to fully automate our house. I mean....I thought getting a Roomba was a big deal. But no. He's got cameras up. Door loc...

Years ago, my best friend was sitting on my basement sofa and was looking into my foyer. She announced she was not digging the old lady ...

I know I know...Whatever, school got away from me. Then the summer has taken me away. And well...yeah. I'm currently in Omaha Nebraska...

As Claire says for OMG. I've been watching  True Tori . And OMG...it's a train wreck. The quick rundown is that Tori Spelling'...

The spring had sprung. And the snow was leaving us. However, we got a dumping of about 9 inches here last night. I'm ok with this. I don...

Today we celebrate bringing Miles home from Korea. It's been 9 lovely years. He's an amazing kid. We're so lucky. One of my fa...

Today Miles had a friend over. A friend the kids are really close to. He's adorable. I love him. He's a good kid. He was standing ne...

Delving further into my 23andme results, I learned my genetic make up. And it's not all Korean. What's that you say? Yep. I'm ...

I got this cool DNA testing kit for my birthday from Ryan. You spit in a tube for a million hours, then mail it in. It was supposed to ...

Well it's happened.  My swearing has reached EPIC proportions. I mean...Fucking epic. Ryan and the kids have noticed that I will drop ...

Christmas is just around the corner. And it's going to be a doozie for us this year! Just....a lot of "stuff" happening. Vag...

I took a personality test tonight and this is what it says about me. If you know me in the real world. It's all true. I'm totally th...

I haven't been writing much. I didn't say anything about the big race. Not really. Or the start of school. Or Korean Camp. Or much e...

Today I turn 40. Yep. The BIG 4-0! At the tender age of 23 I was diagnosed with a rare form of liver disease. The doctor who diagnosed me ...

Today Ryan and lost a very good friend. He's been battling cancer for less than a year. A year ago he was at the apple orchard with us a...

Ryan and I have been married for 12 years today. 12 years married 15 years together. Seriously. It's awesome. Look how young we look. ...

I have so many cool things to talk about, like summer trips. Korean Camp. State Fair. Back to school. And so many adorable photos of my kids...

Well. Remember when I was all...I'm helping Ryan run!! Y'all..I'm so awesome at almost 40 running and shit. Yeah. Not with that ...

When you're the kind of person who covers their face and yells out "NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!" during a horror movie TRAILER, you p...

This happened to me the other day. ME: So,  I'm getting ready to run with Ryan in September and it's hard for me cause I never run...

Today marks the very FIRST "get together" that Miles has had with a girl. She's adorable. She possesses everything I would wan...

So...the other day I was running on the DREADmill with headphones on watching  SAVAGES .  (I highly recommend it.) And I must have been brea...

This app that I'm using to run, has me run for 3 days rest for 4. I'm not doing that. If i sit for 4 days I'll stop. So in be...

Ryan ran  THIS  again this year. And he did it with quite a bit of flair! He trained for months. And he did it. At the halfway point he told...

I hate opening canned rolls. HATE.IT! I avoided buying them for ever.  And then Ryan went all No Partially Hydrogenated Oils about 14 year...

I'm so heartbroken today. Today I've learned that a very good friend of mine is dying. He's sick, and there's nothing they ...

I'm the worst mom ever. In the land of ever in the whole of the world. Nay...the universe. The scene: Ryan, Miles, and Claire swaying...

My kids were chosen to be in the Children's Theater Company 's 2013-2014 brochure and catalogs. They were both so excited, they went...

I read  THIS  story today. I mean...Jesus. 99 out of 100 women and probably some men would agree. And in other news water is wet.

Well I changed my blog layout again. I do it from time to time. There was a period of time where I changed it just about every day. It drov...

You probably don't remember this. I sure don't. But I bet my mom does. And I KNOW my grandmother would. The days of dressing to go a...

I love the 90's pandora station. I listen to it when I cook. It makes me happy. Apparently it makes Miles super happy too. He was a danc...

So today I was getting dressed, and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. Not cool man. It's said that mirrors add poundage. I...

Well. I have been spoiled having Ryan take the kids to school for the past year. I mean SPOILED! He's back working far from home and l...

That's me. After 30 minutes of playing with the kids this morning, I took them to school. Our morning was fun. We laughed. We joked. W...

Thompson Twins - King For A Day by jpdc11 I love this song. I love this song a lot. I love everything about it. The hair. The look. The s...

It's a snow day here in Minnesota. I mean...SNOW. I mean I can't find a map to show you, but rest assured it's a shit ton of sno...

I watched the 2013 Grammy's last night. Pretty good. I mean. I can't tell you who won anything, because the show is a huge fucking c...

You guys! Seriously!!!! Today I saw  THIS movie. It was awesome. My girlfriend and I planned to see it like months ago. I love all things...

Even though my life has been stressful as fuck since, oh I don't know, forever.....I'm happy as can be right now. I'm happy ab...

This morning Claire said to me, "The tops of my legs are HUGE!" Then she looked at herself from the side, and smoothed her shirt...