This evening's entertainment was hauling six teenagers to a local Japanese steak house for Daughter#1's birthday. Freshmen and sophomores gathered around this table and the conversation flew fast and free. No topic was off limits and I just sat and laughed. Covering the pool is the newest euphimism for having sex... at least in this circle. Still, as your baby turns 15, as she readies herself to drive a car, find a job, launch herself into the real world, you just have to sit back and mar...

Okay, maybe this isn't the most politically correct thing to be saying, but I get the bed to myself for five entire days. Before I get deluged with hate mail, I just have to say this. I won't have it totally alone. I will still have the forty-five lb. dog with me. And the six month old kitten. I'm excited because I won't be 'the wedge' for this week! The wedge. Most moms will understand this term. You are the wedge when you are stuck between the child (or the dog or the cat) and your hu...

The first words that pop into my mind.... Animal House.... college.... ::smirk::: So when my 12 year old comes home and says... 'we need to dress in togas for school on Friday,' I have to stop and take a deep breath. Relax, I told myself. There will not be kegs of beer in those middle school classrooms. All of them will be properly attired under their togas. None of them will lie on the floor in their toga dancing to "Shout!" Of course, I didn't tell my daughter any of those things. ...