As a mother, I do some things very, very well. I won't list them all here, but my children are loved and fed and clothed and they only get the occasional beating.

But among the List of Things That Carrie Does Poorly, the Tooth Fairy tops the list. You can read about that here, if you like.

Ugh. The freaking tooth fairy. UGH.

( The Tooth Fairy is lackadaisical, lazy, and may have a touch of dementia. )

At forty years old, I have had what one might only call an epiphany. Or perhaps several ( Read more... )

Some rhetorical, some Socratic, all valid ( Read more... )

Even though my children are being whiny and temperamental, and my husband was supposed to leave town and didn't, dashing my hopes for a guilt-free computer fest this weekend, as I sit in my kitchen with a glass of wine, listening to the wind literally HOWL outside, I feel grateful for my life because of one thing ( Read more... )

What a great birthday!

I got so many lovely emails and posts  and comments and facebook thingys!  Sincere thanks to everyone who took time out of their day to post or call or sing!  BIG love to the f-list.  I got a DVD of Season 3 of Friday Night Lights from sweet Jessica and a DVD of Sweeney Todd and some really cool, cute measuring cups from ( Read more... )

On the interest of starting the new year off with a kick, I give you a cooking blog post ( Read more... )