How do I set limits to raise happy responsible children?
Dear Lazy A reader asked me this question on Facebook. Could you please blog about what kind of limits you place on your kids TV and computer game time? I’m loving your ideas about all these other areas of life. See how you people encourage me to spread my weirdness?  It’s all your fault. A Story First A friend of [...]

I’m Too Sick To Think Of a Title For This One
I love my blog. It entertains me when I’m sick. When I have the flu and can’t lift my head off my pillow I can do a search and read what I wrote all the other times I had the flu. It’s funny to see what I write when I’m delirious. That is, when I’m conscious enough to look [...]

Pretty Pretty Green Smoothie
Frozen Bananas Frozen Pineapple Maybe a fresh lime or two Lots and lots of strawberries And spinach Blend it through and through. I’m obviously not a poet.  I couldn’t get water in there and still make it rhyme. I used to use a frozen fruit mix from Costco but they stopped carrying it so now we’re stuck with strawberries which taste just [...]

How To Trick Your Kids Into Thinking They’re On Vacation
I don’t think I mentioned here where I was going last week.   I spent three days in Salt Lake City at the Book Publishing 2.0 seminar.  I was nervous about going because it was a sacrifice for my family and I didn’t know if it would really be worth my time.   Sailor and I [...]

How To Set Limits For a One Year Old
Chess Club at the library used to be a fun time for the whole family.  Muscles 11, Persistence 9 and Lovely 4 played chess while I sat and read a book.  Sweetness 1 was happy to play at my feet with a toy or a pile of board books.  Until she wasn’t. She got older and [...]