There are many things I will never fully grasp.  The space-time continuum, a comprehensive health care policy, why youth is wasted on the young, etc...  But towards the top of the list is the seeming magic of a pedicure.

Cue up Judy Garland, because Toto, we are definitely not in Kansas anymore!  

On our recent visit out west, we stayed with my mom and her best friend for the week.  They have a lovely home in lovely Bellingham, Washington, but a couple of years ago decided to add-on to their property.

With no children in the house and…

As many of my awesome readers know, I have a 5 year old and 6 year old boys.  And as anyone with more than one child knows, especially boys, that they are hyper competitive and extremely jealous.  

A little after Christmas, this happened:…

So what do Waynesboro, VA, a hound dog and the last Harry Potter have in common? Oh, you'll see.

In what was sort of stressful at the time, but now a day later can be seen as a comedy of errors, I'll fill you in.

As any married or partnered person with kids knows, dates are few and far between.  And although we were just on vacation, it was a family vacation and some alone time with the wife sounded good.  I know, we got our trip to Seattle for a night, but we also had…