On Friday night, I threw the Boutwells a little neighborhood baby shower! Chenin requested there be no measuring her stomach or too much baby shower BS, so for months I debated about the best way to celebrate the impending arrival of the newest little one! So many ideas were tossed around--some...

2009 is going to be a good year. I know because in the past, I've been able to tell whether a year would be good or bad within the first few days and have been accurate in my predictions thus far. Also, there have already been several good things already that have happened in the past week, which...

That's right, I'm declaring blog bankruptcy. Taking a mulligan, getting a do-over, wiping the slate clean, etc. etc. During the last part of the year, I got so behind here that it seemed like a huge chore to get caught up. Nothing I was posting was ever current, and just knowing that I was so far...