 The following is a humorous recollection of how we weaned our toddler from his pacifier. Hopefully you will stumble on this post when you’re deep in pacifier weaning hell and find some comfort and humor in the situation. This too shall pass, Mama. September 6. 0100 hours. Target is up and crying after falling Read more of Operation No Paci  In my four and a half years as a Florida resident, we’ve only experienced three tropical storms. You see, we live 75 miles or so from either coast, so by the time many of these storms get to us, they’ve powered down. After I commenced freak out after the first one that turned out Read more of How to Survive a Hurricane in North Central Florida  My dear, sweet boy: As you’re laying face down in the Walmart check-out line, face planted, tears streaming, legs kicking, because I oh-so callously took away that bag of Combos from your hot little hands, you probably think my mind is on — oh, I don’t know — the myriad of diseases coating the Read more of Dear Toddler: Revenge is on my mind  Dear everyone on television, Listen people, you and i need to have a serious talk. This is an intervention. A pigervention, in fact. Because, you see, there seems to be a ……… Situation. And I’m not talking about a poorly dressed fauxlebrity from the jersey shore. This situations surrounds the world’s most famous (and Read more of Pig-ervention You know how all pregnant ladies are like, “I don’t care if it’s a boy or a girl, as long as it’s healthy”? I was like that too, but secretly wanted a boy. Actually, it wasn’t that much of a secret. Today I’m visiting Bill from Smells like Borscht, where I’ll be telling all Read more of Going visiting today Just when you thought it was OK to put the Nyquil back in the medicine cabinet, it strikes. Like a thief in the night, it creeps in, leaving no human untouched. THE MAN COLD. I had two men in my house. Well, one man and one mini-man. THE MAN COLD TIMES TWO. And I Read more of Man Cold – The Sequel There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. NOM. Dearest Ravenous Monster Baby, You know what tastes really good? Turkey. Yes sir, it’s one of life’s greatest pleasures. Well, not just turkey *per-say*. We’ve been eating a lot of turkey, me and you, on sandwiches and salads and whatnot since you made eating ham a thing of the past back in April. Read more of Baby Blogworthy must not know about "turkey" yet The past two years, Hubby and I have imbibed in wines and delicious foods from around the world at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. It has all of our favorite things: Food Wine Disney World This year we opted out of renewing our seasonal passes to Disney World. The renewal date was Read more of This baby is ruining my whole fall  | Shop Personalized Lockets  |