and now it feels like summer

86 degrees, mosquitoes, and my kids are bitching about being hot.

a typical minnesota spring.

it's beginning to look a lot like easter

sigh.

i have given birth to a rabbit, apparently

here's what my child requested for lunch: brussels sprouts. that's it; just brussels sprouts. not noodles, not a hot dog, not the pie sitting on the counter. weirdo is on her second plate of steaming green goodness.

forget robins

here are two sure signs that spring has finally, finally come to minnesota: i took off my long underwear today, and i cut my meds in half. whee!

the seventh circle of hell

karaoke night in the mcdonald's play land. someone actually thought this was a good idea.

valentine cupcakes

little ranch house on the built-up prairie

it may be 2011 for the rest of y'all, but here in our house it's 1881, complete with sun bonnets in january.

it's geography girl!

i suspect most five-year-olds' favorite christmas gift wasn't a(nother) globe.

mr. hoffa, is that you?

everyone is back to school and work today, and i just completed the first serious post-xmas vacuuming. jaysus, the stuff i slurped up: varied, and horrifying.