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When we learned we were expecting another child, our first impulse was to have the young’uns share a room. We arrived at this decision partially because we figured it had been done by millions of others, but also because we’d run out of rooms. “We can always convert the office to another room if it [...]

After a successful two years working for myself, I left the freelance world last December for a full-time job with this crew here. The decision was surprisingly easy; having contracted with the company for awhile, I liked both the folks I’d be working with and the work itself. Plus, I relished the idea of being [...]

Popped in to the hospital today for a quick EMG on my LUE, or Left Upper Extremity. If you’ve never had the pleasure, an EMG is a test whereby doctors (in my case, five) cram into an exam room and shoot electricity into you for a good half an hour to determine if your nerves [...]

I have studiously avoided Facebook because I heard it was a huge time suck, and I’d rather waste spend my time online reading news or blogs. Plus, I’ve already left a Twitter account languishing pathetically by the side of the internet. What am I doing? I’m trying to think up something amusing to write on [...]

A large wall decal featuring a woman nursing twins used to hang over the breastfeeding aisle at the local baby boutique. She held one in each arm, like footballs. The first time I saw this poster, a “woop” slipped from my lips. Renate rolled her eyes. Breastfeeding doesn’t make me uncomfortable. I’m just a bit [...]

“Ferris – he never drives it. He just rubs it with a diaper.” When I turned 30 last September, both sides of the family kicked in to help me get a new bike as a present. Touched, I decided to wait until this spring to make the purchase; no need for the bike to sit [...]

Overheard in the line for movie tickets tonight: “One for Iron Man, one for Sex and the City.”

Eight years ago my folks moved to a county west of St. Louis where farmland still envelops pockets of strip malls. Suburbs spider out into the countryside, but feral cats played in my parents’ front yard and distant coyotes yowled at night. Apparently the wild followed them back to the burbs in October; my dad [...]