...the toilet overflowed into the shower in a truly disgusting mess of tremendous magnitude. Lauren was at camp and Gary was due at the...

In the intense heat of the desert, I chucked copper pipes into the back of our truck and hauled them to a recycling center. The attendant...

We climbed the winding curves on a highway named "The Rim of the World," and then dropped our little one off for a week of summer camp....

Pretty soon I'm going to have a sink, stove top and counter all at the same time.

It was already ninety-two degrees out when I washed the dishes this morning at seven. The good news is that the water from the hose came...

...but first, we have to tear out our temporary sink, our cooktop, and the fake counters we used as placeholders. For a week, we won't...

My Little had a Big one today, a Big Day, that is, with her dad. They set out early, gobbling down the free breakfast in our hotel and...

…a lady asked me at back to school night. I told her I had a small suitcase of clothes, and everything else is packed in boxes in our new...

I guess everybody does. But cancer reminds me that we are all dependent on others, all the time. Today, like many days, I feel like I've...

Feeling smug about reaching the 300K mark on both our vehicles, it would appear we celebrated our frugality a little too soon. The car...