I just finished my first vacation in a long time (unless you count my time off two years ago to move across the country… which I don’t.)
My boss forced me to take time off because last year I took the cash in December because I didn’t use any of my vacation hours. And my 6 […]

I’ve just sent my baby girl, my darling baby girl, off to her last day of kindergarten.
She’ll be a first grader next Fall! It seems like just yesterday, I was sending her off to her second-to-last day of kindergarten. My, how time flies…
This first year of “real” school has been a whirlwind. But I’m so […]

I’ve finally used the phrase that was used on me countless times as a kid. That dreaded, “There are starving kids in China!” line that parents use to keep their kids from wasting food.
I was practically standing outside of myself watching me as I delivered it to my oldest daughter. And I was shaking my […]

And another thing…
What’s with all the crying?!
Yes, it’s another thing no one told me about when I signed up for this gig. As I told you, I didn’t know to get the owners manual like everyone else did when we had our first daughter. And I was too tired to remember to ask for it […]

I want my money back!
I demand a refund. I knew becoming a parent involved sacrifice and runny noses and lacrosse practice and xylophone recitals and all that.
But what I didn’t really count on losing out on were all the little things.
I rarely take vacations (I feel so guilty and I end up more stressed out […]

I wish I still had the imagination I had when I was a kid.
I watch my little girls play with their toys and they step into a whole other world that only they can see. And I’m jealous. Because I could remember when I used to be able to do that.
Oh, sure - you can […]

I don’t usually like to do the promotional giveaway stuff, but this one hit close to my heart, so… I had to.
Recently, L.A. Girl and I watched all the Star Wars movies. The original three great ones and the three more recent steaming piles of crap. She LOVED them. Absolutely fell for the characters and […]

First, let me start off by saying this is my third year blog-iversary… Blog birthday? I don’t know. But I’m starting on year number four. 426 posts later, I’m still doing it. I’ve been so incredibly bad about going to other blogs and visiting all my old friends and reading about their lives. But I […]

My girls are the best. You wouldn’t know it from this post, but they are.
L.A. Mommy has been working late a lot. Which means I’ve been picking up the girls after work. And usually I’ll be brave and adventurous and take them on errands with me. Like I did last night.
We went to a store […]

Two very smart, very ornery and very beautiful little girls. Both with huge personalities. I love them to death.
And I wouldn’t change a thing.
I was at a birthday party for the kid of my wife’s co-worker. It wasn’t quite my crowd. People who make a lot of money, live in expensive houses, and drive Porsches. […]