That's a big bowl of oatmeal, son

So sometimes your kid comes up to you with a ridiculous request, like, “I want oatmeal in the biggest bowl we have!” And sometimes you are feeling snippy and you sigh and sort of pretend you didn’t hear and give him oatmeal in a regular bowl. But...

More on No Negativity November

I’ve gotten a lot of feedback about my No Negativity November (or, as Dave and I have been calling it, Yesvember). Most people are telling me that I’m not negative at all. I think maybe it’s not quite that I’m  negative but more defeatist. I do...

No to No

I am realizing that I am entirely too negative these days. I complain a lot about my life (mostly to Dave) (though also a lot to Sutswana) (and Kate and Emily), when in fact my life is really awfully good. I’ve been reading about this whole “being...