Anyone who knows me well is aware that I like to hear the bad news first then the good news.  “I’ve got some good news and some bad news.”  Stop – give me the bad news first.  I never really thought of why I prefer that order.  Maybe it’s so I can appreciate the good…

I enjoy, and always have, getting packages in the mail.  Whether it was something I ordered or simply a direct marketing piece sent blindly to me.  We get tons of packages and mail at our house which includes lots of bills, junk mail and the occasional(?) package from American Girl.  Ironically, Deirdre our 6 year…

Kids are always asking for something… it starts with food and water when they’re born and they never seem content from that point on!  Our three young girls, seriously, don’t ask for much and are rather happy with what they have considering the very materialistic society in which they live.  Her oldest sister (9) is…

Everyone deserves a pat on the back every now and then… whether it’s for a good report card, a promotion at work, or simply from a proud parent to a son or daughter. But to give someone a pat on the back 4 million times, now that’s a bit much! Well, over the past fours…

“I wish I had cystic fibrosis!”, cried out one of my older daughters at dinner recently. That’s not exactly a question that you’d find in “Parenting 101” so I took a deep breath as I thought of a way out of this one. When asked why she would have such a wish her answer was…