Two years ago for Christmas I gave Hubby custom collar stays. Each one was monogrammed with a significant moment from our relationship: from our dating days at Georgia Tech, to getting married, to having our three children and many more! Last spring, when Hubby and I attended the Austin Food & Wine Festival we had so much fun there, we just knew the experience was so wonderful it was coined another “collar stay moment,” a…

We received our new couch and the kids properly christened it with jumping, climbing and rolling.

Today I cleaned the pantry. A colony of ants took residence in my house since the temperature dropped from reasonable to where-is-my-puffy-coat-from-Minnesota cold, and I could not risk finding a character from a Bug’s Life lounging in my rolled oats. After taking everything out, wiping the boards clean, and lining them with this funky red liner, I could breathe again. Sigh.

A month ago I decided to look for a housekeeper. I posted the job on care.com and was surprised to receive so many responses. At first I thought it would be difficult to narrow down all the applicants to just one, and then I started reading the responses. I posted the job for Saturday morning, between 6-9AM, because the boys have gymnastics later in the morning. Well, I received all types of responses from people…