Five words that do wonders for a marriage
Honey. I. Told. You. So.About three months ago Sydney told us she wanted a birthday party. We agreed that when she voiced her opinion, we would do it, otherwise it's a family get together. She wanted a bounce-place party and there was this perfect place down the street from us.But my mind always thinks about 10 years ahead and I'm wondering how many kids we will invite. I can already count to 5 with just the cousins. That leaves 20.Let me go back in time to our first parent-teacher conference with MissKaren and our joy to hear, "I classify my children into flowers andbees. We have man

Conversation Starters
On a recent trip to San Diego, without kids, I brainstormed on topics of conversation that didn't revolved around my children.Topics included:- health care- Electric magnetic field around the earth is reversing, causing a gaping 'cancer' hole in the Pacific ocean.- Real estate in San Diego and people's recommendations on where to go house hunting.- Ask interesting questions about a person's profession. For example, the rehearsal dinner we went to had us sitting next to a couple who were cops out of Philadelphia... very interesting conversations with them.I was able to hold meaningful conversations and didn't seem either 1) kid-o-maniac or 2) a

Ghost and To Wong Foo
My 2 favority Patrick Swayze movies. So sad.

First Day of Kindergarten
I got off easy and not a tear was shed. She went back to her same school.... no school bus. It was also her birthday so I was busy carting in 40 cupcakes! In the end, the two most momentous occasions went off without a hitch.

Hi... it's Maria Ensenada
Today I finally called our phone service provider to change our caller ID settings. Apparently when we call people, the caller ID is coming up as the previous owners of the number. I wondered why people were either 1) not answering when I called or 2) they were answering when they normally know its us. So now "Nathan Weddle" will be calling you. For those of you I haven't talked to in a while (because you didn't know who Maria Ensenada was), I look forward to speaking with you shortly. To those of you who answered when Maria called and were unpleasantly surprised to find it was us, well, it was nice hearing your voice when you picked up!