Croup rhymes with Poop

  This is not the Tess we’ve known today.  The Tess we’ve been living with is a limp rag doll with the voice of a 67 year old smoker and the bark of a seal.  She is a shadow of herself. It started at midnight with the coughing.  We gave her a dose of Ibufrofen and a...

Rock Lahb-stah

    Everyone (well … can I generalize like that?  I will anyway) has taditions with their friends.  For some it’s a white elephant gift exchange.  Others it’s Beer Friday (my parents and cronies).  We have lobster. Thaaaat’s right.  L-O-B-S-T-E-R.  And not just any...

Sleep Talking

    FYI, don’t mix watching Flight of the Conchords and trailers for the new Hobbit film on the laptop into your before bed routine.  A few nights ago, Jac surfed the web and then put in a little FotC while we chilled in bed.  It was late.  We were tired.  And in true...

Elvish and Whatnot

We are one chapter away from having read the entire book of THE HOBBIT.  As a family.  I haven’t mentioned it to my mom because the thought of it would cause her to question my sanity.  You see, Tolkien is but one step away from pot usuage and Dungeons and Dragons. ...