• A snippet of (my) married life

    Another week, another date night. Find out the answers to some deep questions, get a review of the new Indiana Jones movie, see what happens when I sit next to a sad and pathetic man, and so much more (!).

  • It's Showtime!

    How is he supposed to make it big on the dance circuit with his little brother horning in on the spotlight? Another in my series of less-than-a-minute videos. Can jazz hands be far behind?

  • I'm very proud.

    I love seeing Henry doing something which gives him so much joy and confidence.

  • I guess I took this 'holiday' thing a little too far

    We just had a three day weekend, and it seems I got a little too relaxed. See if you can figure out which two boys had to wear their little brother’s PJs to bed last night. Whoops. Doing laundry on a regular basis is overrated.

  • They've got PMS all wrong

    I think in fact that there are 3 weeks of every month when women are pumped full of hormones which mask just how completely irritating other people are.

  • Go Read It Today, Friday, May 23, 2008

    OMGWTFBBQ. I am so glad this had a happy ending. Good lord, you people are BRILLIANT! Now that’s the way to be BPA-free and economical. Wow! (Combine this perfect baby hack with my mother-in-law’s Cream Cheese Coffeecake recipe and you’ll be all set :) Hey, does anyone know how Twitter is going to make any…

  • What could turn me to the Dark Side

    I’m over at PunditMom‘s today junking up her cogent political discourse with my goofball claptrap. But it’s just as well since I don’t have two brain cells to rub together. I just got back from taking Charlie to another laser eye procedure, and while it went well and the doctor thinks it will help his…

  • Why I love Saturday night

    We’ve got an amazing sitter who comes every Saturday night from 6-11pm. He’s a great guy who has been a preschool teacher for decades, and each of our kids was in his class when they were about 2. It is a huge extravagance, but it is worth it for us to be able to walk…

  • Go Read It Today, Saturday, May 17, 2008

    What happened to the Crazy Hip Blog Mamas? Why did they pack up their web site and go home? (Thanks Mel for the heads-up.) Any of you who were showing their BizRate/Shopzilla ad please note that it ended at the end of March ’08 and you can take it down now. Amen, ‘boundaries’ is precisely…

  • So what do we eat around here anyway?

    Update: I now have a recipe blog which has great low-carb, high protein dishes. Check it out and let me know what you think :) Delishix Yeah, I know… No one cares what I had for lunch, BUT they didn’t say anything about breakfast. Plus, Kara asked. So with that, the first installment of Erika…

  • OK. Everyone get out your remote controls. Now point them at me.

    Hey folks, I’ve got a crazy idea. Ask me some questions and I’ll answer them on video. What do you want to know? Want to see anything special at my house, my office, my city? Let me know and I’ll see what I can do. You can think of it kind of like Erika on…

  • Get your Vimeo videos to appear in Google Reader

    You may have noticed that I recently started adding video to this blog, and I’m having a great time with it! One of the services that has made it even more fun is Vimeo. They’re like YouTube but they don’t suck ass. It’s a great looking web site, intuitable and just all around ‘good-feeling’ interface,…

  • Go Read It Today, Tuesday, May 13, 2008

    Think good thoughts today for Kristina who is off to have her baby! Go check out the new AllMediocre — you crack me up ;) I posted an oldie but a goodie over at Mommybloggers. How do you manage your kids in a restaurant? Some good information on teen prescription drug abuse. Really? “Non-Mom“? That’s…

  • Everyone get down with the new. The improved. The better than ever. KiRTSY!

    Hell yeah, like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, the fabulous ladies of Sk*rt have been reborn as: Before you go out and change your Sk-rt links, please drop by kirtsyand give these ladies a pat on the back. And some tequila. They completely deserve it for having been level-headed and just plain SMART during…

  • I'm not really sure how to write this post without sounding like a massive tool

    Close to a month ago Sony flew me and about a dozen other bloggers out to southern California for a digital imaging ho-down. They put us up in a fabulous hotel, treated us to free food, spa treats, and best of all: free camera gear and great training. To assuage my guilt over being given…

  • Go Read It Today, Friday, May 9, 2008

    What a beautiful letter. You’re right WTM, this does make me feel better. “(By the way–Sony? You make a mean butthole camera monitor. Apparently my colon was viewed in high-def.)” I can’t stop laughing. Frakking toddlers. (Wait, at what age do they stop being toddlers?) Sigh, I love brothers. HBM still hasn’t had her baby…

  • Kindergarten visit: smashing success

    When we first got to the school, Eddie was pretty nervous. It turns out that on Wednesdays the 5th graders get to eat lunch in the Kindergarten yard while the Kinders are elsewhere. Eddie took one look at what he thought was a group of his gargantuan future classmates and almost swallowed his tongue! By…

  • Slow down. You're only five one time.

    Oh Eddie, I know… You’re the one who has always said you can’t wait to be a grownup. You, my most kid-like kid. You crack me up! You’ll get there soon enough, but for now please just try to enjoy the things that will never come again, like losing a tooth and being the center…

  • Documenting my bad parenting with a bad video

    Way back when we only had one child I used to do things like make little movies about him. Those were the days. I present to you today “Walk It Off” featuring my oldest son Henry as a baby: Why yes, I was deliriously sleep-deprived. Why do you ask?

  • It's a baby shower!

    When I was pregnant with my second child, so many people told me that having two kids was going to be so much harder than just one. Like I hadn’t just assumed that from the beginning? Even being whacked out on pregnancy hormones I was able to understand that logic, and it took every ounce…

  • Typical Saturday in the Jurney house

    (If you’re reading this in a feed reader, you’ll have to come to the site to see these videos.) Hey, has anyone noticed that I’ve started using my kids real names and photos on this site yet? Because I have. And here’s more fun: