I make dinner for the family every night - I’m usually home an hour and half before they are, so it has been thrust upon me. Lately, we’ve noticed that L.A. Toddler doesn’t have quite the appetite for dinner. Which, of course, I took as a reflection of my poor cooking skills. Every night, we […]

I’ve got to put my lights up. Nothing fancy - a few dozen bulbs up around my gutters on the front of the house.
Just wanted to pass on a link to my Home Improvement blog that has helpful advice on making sure you don’t kill yourself while you’re decorating your house.
Happy decorating!

I wasn’t going to post this because I didn’t think you’d believe me. My high school baseball coach had a saying that went a little somethin’ like this, “If you sit around here long enough, you’ll see just about everything…” Not very profound, but he wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer.
As I was resting […]

We took L.A. Toddler to Target on Sunday evening - we had to pick up some new Christmas lights for the house - and she’s really starting to get into the spirit of the holiday. She’s in love with seeing all the Christmas lights and decorations. She loves snowmen and Santa Claus. It’s really great […]

I got to watch a lot of TV over the past long holiday weekend. A lot. I love TV and I’m usually somewhat interested in the commercials, too. Of course, when you get to watch a lot of TV, you tend to see the same damn commercials over and over again. And then over and […]

Okay, so it’s official. My insurance company decided to total out my bike. I’m not happy about it. There’s not enough damage, in my opinion, to write it off. Apparently, it’s very expensive to replace the body work on a BMW bike. I did get lucky with the body shop — they removed all the […]

Overheard while L.A. Toddler and L.A. Mommy were playing with toys:
LAT: “He’s a cute boy.”
LAM: “Who’s a cute boy?”
LAT: “Um… daddy.”
LAM: “Daddy’s a cute boy?”
LAT: “Nooooooo. Daddy’s not a cute boy! He’s a grown man!”
Where do they get this stuff?

Black Friday is the perfect day. It is the best day of the year, in my opinion. I look forward to this day more than Thanksgiving, more than Christmas, more than my birthday.
Is it because of the tremendous holiday savings available only from 4am to 7:45am at your local Walmart? No.
What I love about Black […]

Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday. Don’t get too drunk.  Also, because there are more residential fires on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year, I thought I’d post this:
Cooking Safety Tips
* Always use cooking equipment tested and approved by a recognized testing facility.
* Never leave cooking food on the stovetop […]

So, I was getting ready to go to work this morning and I realized I didn’t have a belt. My belt got scratched in the accident to the point that it looked like someone used a cheese grater on it. I was in a pinch and didn’t know what to do… I didn’t want to […]