I have done 0% of my Christmas shopping. I have no plans for how to complete it. I am currently hoping for magical fairies. I’ll let you know how that works out.

I was contacted by someone at a video game company the other day who wanted to send me some educational games for adults. I’ll let you know how that goes, but it got me thinking …

If you do Christmas and advent calendars, consider this your reminder to get ready. I always end up forgetting and starting ours on the 2nd or the 3rd, but this year I actually remembered in …

Chip has learned many things from his older brothers. He’s not even 2 yet and he’s working on counting, knows some of the ABCs, and lots of colors (still claims that all animals say “Moo” …

Thanks to Blogging Baby and Her Bad Mother I now know what I would look like if I lived in South Park (and got as much sleep as I did last night).

Go try it yourself …

Yummy.

I can neither bring home the bacon nor fry it up in a pan. I am unable to keep track of:

which of the 3 boys classrooms I have contributed to the teacher gift for
which of …

Go check out sweatpants mom’s beautiful tribute to almost-102 year old Grandma Helen. She sounds like a really great woman and sweatpants mom’s post really makes me wish I had known her.

When I picked the boys up from school today Mike had a ‘light saver.’ It was a rolled-up and taped piece of butcher paper. I got a complete description of the ins and outs of …

The title of this post is what I always tell the boys is my favorite thing, and tonight was a good one. It was Mike’s turn to pick the book for bedtime, and he said …

Perfect. The kids are in bed and we’re settling into a nice post-vacation evening of wine, pizza, and Lost. Great to be home, but why is it so incredibly hot in here??

We get back from our long drive and the weather had turned cold. Well California cold. But you definitely need the heat on.
When we left I decided against reprogramming the thermostat for lower temperatures and …

Mr. Plain and I got a dog when we moved in together. She was basically our practice-child and a huge part of our life. Last year when we were up here she was very sick. …

We’re still on vacation, and dial-up SUCKS, so this will be a short post… We’re having a quiet, relaxing time here in the middle of nowhere. We had family for Thanksgiving today and it went …

Still on vacation, but right before I left my new nightgown arrived from Landsend. You, my lucky readers, will now get the benefit of my exhaustive search for the perfect nightgown. It is incredibly soft. …

Are you into men? Read on. I discovered Sean Bean from the “Sharpe” historical movies. They’re good, and he’s mighty fine. Nice combo. So while I’m still on vacation I thought I’d leave you with …

Still vacating so I’m giving you more choice reads to keep you busy. Gotta keep you all off the streets… Today’s theme is funny, crazy-ass, hot MoFo Mamas:
Oh, The Joys is funny. Don’t drink coffee …

I’m on vacation right now, so I thought I’d leave you with some pointers for other blogs to check out. Today’s theme is that bitch Infertility.
Karen’s The Naked Ovary is a great blog about adoption …

We’re packing up the minivan for our annual week-long Thanksgiving vacation. We rent a house (middle of nowhere is not an exaggeration) cook a turkey and invite family to join us. It is a green …

Headache, backache, fatigue. I’m ready for vacation! So are the kids. They are so tired and cranky. I’m very glad that today is Friday — we leave for a vacation tomorrow, and it couldn’t come …

Like nails on a chalkboard: “Um, Mommy?” and “But Mommy…” and “Mommy Mommy Mommy…” What are yours?

In case you can’t see it in the screen shot, it says “Adopt by Mail or Fax.”
You can adopt any animal at the San Francisco Zoo. Choose your favorite animal species and the “purrfect” …

Amazon is going to lose a LOT of money on shipping…

I am so tired of blogs on blogger, but unfortunately so many of my favorite blogs are on it (Hi Jessica!). Can those of us who have evaded their clutches have an intervention for the …

How come it is OK for someone to look at a group of boys being rowdy and declare they only want to have girls? If I looked at a bunch of girls playing My Little …

Monday and Tuesday I worked at home with Chip. At the same time I started to feel more rested. Today I’m back in the office and I could take a nap RIGHT NOW. Coincidence? I …

Holy crap, O.J. Simpson has a new book coming out. Wait for it.. Called “If I Did It”. “O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the …

I’ve been working at home for two days because Chip has had a fever. He’s not a big TV addict, but yesterday he parked himself in front of the TV and cried when each show …

My Technorati rank went from about 3,800 this morning to 19,996 just now. (Just like in golf a lower score is better, so this sucks.) I’m starting to think that perhaps Technorati should retool its …

Check out MotherPie — she has some great words of wisdom on blogging about your kids when they get older. It is an interesting question. Of course, if I’m still stuck in front of my …