So here I am, grilling chicken. The sun is setting, the fall leaves are gorgeous, the kids are drawing with chalk on the patio. I'm having a glass of wine and listening to Coldplay. It feels like just a perfect, beautiful moment in time, and I felt...

That's all I can say about it, really. And maybe, also, "Ack!" and "Eeee!" Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? We did. It wasn't the typical Thanksgiving for us - my mom hosted, which was wonderful. I wouldn't mind handing that over to her...

I'm about to head out of here in a bit to go pick up P and M from kindergarten. Yesterday, I was in the pickup lane and apparently taking too long getting the kids all buckled up, because a guy pulled up next to me and bitched me out about "holding...

Yay! First snow of the season. I'm cracking up at my kids - they are flipping out over the snow, like they've forgotten about the existence of snow altogether. They're ready to go out and build a snowman, and I'm having a hard time convincing them...

I have lots more to write about this later, but it's Veteran's Day, and Paul has the day off, so I'm busy...but I wanted to let you know I FINALLY heard the results of my MRI from nearly two weeks ago: