Getting Nathan to sleep through the night has been a 2 1/2-year journey. His first six months, he slept like…well…a baby! After that it’s been a mostly downhill journey. It’s an exhausting story so I won’t go into every detail, but basically just when I think I have it all figured out, Nathan throws me [...]

I’m not a recipe person, or a kit person. I don’t read instructions to gadgets. On rare occasions, when forced into a corner, I’ll make a box cake or cupcakes which require reading and following a recipe. On even rarer occasions, I’ll actually make a batch of cookies and force myself to follow the rules. [...]

Last Tuesday when the kids and I were at Nathan’s playgroup, Nathan picked up a hand from Mr. Potatohead and started waving it, saying clearly, “Hi.” That was a first! For the last week, he’s been using his new word to greet friends, family, and perfect strangers. I could not be happier! Seems like a [...]

For days and nights, I’ve been sorting through everything…to keep or not to keep? I’ve learned that the longer you keep certain items, the easier it is to toss them. I had a whole file of what I used to consider well-designed brochures and booklets—saved for inspiration. But now they seem so outdated and passe….TOSS. [...]

Today the second of of our two black swallowtails emerged from its chrysalis. What a thrill for my kids! What a thrill for me! We invited our neighbors to come over for the little “ceremony.” Here’s the link to the release: http://www.youtube.com/user/LiitaForsyth
After we let the butterfly go, it landed on the window sill and seemed [...]

OK, so who is “Murphy” anyway—as in “Murphy’s Law?” I googled it and found this:
It was named after Capt. Edward A. Murphy, an engineer working on Air Force Project MX981, (a project) designed to see how much sudden deceleration a person can stand in a crash.
One day, after finding that a transducer was wired wrong, [...]