• There Is NO Bun In This Oven

    I have come to realize that part of being a young married couple means that people are eagerly anticipating when you will become a young married parent.   Don’t believe me?   If…

  • (Drumroll, Please…)

    At long last, I have pictures of the house!  Welcome to the wonderful world of homeownership (as interpreted by me). This is the view looking from the front door into the freshly painted,…

  • How NASCAR Drivers Are Born

    The other day I was out in the backyard with the dogs. Across the street, our neighbor’s car was parked in their driveway, but the windshield wipers were flying, the hazard lights were…

  • Cooler People Than Me

    I’m a firm believer in surrounding yourself with the type of people that you want to be. Surely some of their goodness will rub off on you if you follow them around closely…

  • Musical Chairs

    So I have all this beautiful new furniture in my house that the dogs are not allowed on – at all.   The process of getting them to stay off the furniture has…

  • I’ve Died and Gone to Suburbia

    Let me tell you how fantastic the 4th of July weekend was around our neighborhood.   Almost every house on our block had firecrackers and about every other house had the super big…

  • Happy Father’s Day, Dad

    There are many things that I love about my Dad – his sense of humor, his laugh, his golf tan, his relationship with my Mom, his passion for golf and a good glass…

  • Hiding

    Our neighbors upstairs are dog sitting this week and my dogs are freaking out. They can smell the other dog and so they just walk around the house barking at the slightest noise,…