• The Name Game

    Everyone wants to know if this bambino in the belly is a boy or a girl.   We won’t know until around Christmas.   What a bummer.   But I have my thoughts…

  • Strategic Fatherhood

    Me:           Do you want a girl or a boy? Chris:   (thinks for a minute)   A girl. Me:           Really?!?!   That’s so…

  • Deli Counter Encounters

    Now, I’m not a sissy girl.   I might be prissy.   I might prefer air conditioning.   And I will always, always paint my toenails.   But I’m not a sissy.  …

  • 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…

  • Mini Bar Maddness

    Sometimes when I do something that my parents would never let me do when I was a kid, I giggle to myself. You know, like when I buy sugared cereal or a candy…