I am writing this post on the eve of the end of my maternity leave and I have basically been crying on the hour for the last six. My little guy turned three months old today, and tomorrow morning I will leave him with a wonderful babysitter and become an employee – commuter – executive again. I will even re-sync… Read more →
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Nothing is Neat
My best friend’s neighbor is dying. By the time you read this, likely, he’ll be gone. This boy is only twelve years old. Twelve. His loss is such a profound injustice to his family and friends and the natural order of things. My heart breaks each and every time I think of him and his parents. I have never met… Read more →
Stop Threatening Me With Infertility, Facebook
I don’t know when it happened. Maybe it was when I downloaded the Facebook App to my smart phone. Maybe it was the desk job that I had outgrown and held for far too long. Maybe it was my accidental apathy that happened when I found myself inundated with the heaviness of global current events. But somewhere in between me joining… Read more →
10 Ways to Live Through Your Remodel (hopefully with a grain of sanity)
And when I say live through the remodel, I mean that literally. We added a master bedroom and bath and figured if we shifted ourselves around a bit, we could just stay home while adding on and save the added expense of renting a part-time shelter. How sweet and naïve. Too many mornings to count I’d barely be taking my first… Read more →
Super Awesome Family DIY: Custom Bulletin Board Frame
Hi, I’m Scott. I drop in from time to time, usually in photo-bomb form, or because I have said something ridiculous, offensive or amusing and my wife is mocking me. I thought it was time I introduced myself. “Sup?” I’m glad that’s out of the way. First impressions are awkward for me. We needed a place to display all of our… Read more →
Coming Home: Surviving Culture Shock In Your Native Land
[Editor’s Note: I hope you guys will welcome Lindsey to The 818. She’s someone Scott and I both go way back with (Scott to birth, while Lindsey and I met early in High School). She’s on of those rare people in our lives whose relationship with each of us pre-dates our relationship together. And last year after she married Mike, who… Read more →
I’m Not The Mom I Thought I Would Be
[Editors Note: Friends and Lurkers, please welcome Brooke. I promised her to you a few days ago and then basically hopped on a helicopter and failed to publish this post like the asshole that I can’t seem to stop being. But this isn’t about me. This is about Brooke — Mother, Writer, Recovering Reality-TV producer, Burgeoning Chicken Farmer and wife… Read more →