small town me

Frank is in England, Ernest is in France. Frank is in the country on a homestay. Ernest just finished a day at Disneyland Paris. Frank will ...

Ernest has been busy since school ended. He spent 4.5 days at Science Camp ... I picked him up Friday, then we went out to dinner with HH an...

Yes, Frank had to cut his hair. (But not enough for Locks of Love.) I think he was happy to have an excuse to do so. He reinvented himself t...

Where have I been? I don't know. For months I have felt isolated, depressed, and have not wanted to talk, or write, or blog. Does any...

Frank (the 16-year-old) has to get a hair cut, to meet the dress code for his trip . I'm sad. I've enjoyed watching his hair grow th...

Surprisingly, I had a nice spring vacation with my family. "The FAM" as my German opera friend says. (Give me a pseudonym and I wi...

I've had few words this month. I had raging PMS half a cycle ago. Desperate depression combined with work stress. I wrote an angry ra...

There's a house for sale across the street. We were lookie-loos on Sunday afternoon and walked in to a paralyzing cotton candy aqua blu...

You Are An ISFJ The Nurturer: You have a strong need to belong, and you are very loyal. A good listener, you excel at helping others in pra...

Admit it. You all have it, all the moms who are reading this. It's Mommy Guilt. You have that niggling fear in the back of your mind,...

I hate, I mean... tolerate insurance companies. (Why can't I do that cool crossing out font I see on other blogs?) I can say that. I wor...

Today I bit the bullet, swallowed my pride, sucked it up, went the whole nine yards, jumped the shark... and bought reading glasses. I tal...

There was an unusual round of vandalism in our small town neighborhood Friday night. Ernest and I were out of town; this is what I learned w...

I have no idea. I was in such a funk the week before Ernest left for camp...worrying about that, work, snoring husband, nightmares, insomni...

Younger son "Ernest" is off for 3.5 days at Science Camp . Smalltownmom has been on tenterhooks the last week. When older son ...

The plumbing issues have all been fixed. Handy Husband (I do love that name!) replaced the faucet last weekend. We used to have a really exp...

When I'm bored I start clicking the next blog button. Today I came across two women talking about their first kiss: Metro Mama and Sunsh...

Some time ago we saw a documentary on theremins . This unusual instrument fascinated the Younger Son (I could also call him Curious George) ...

Blog names. Some bloggers have really great pseudonyms for their family: Drunken Housewife and her Sober Husband The Twat Petite's Tadpo...

Three has always been my favorite number. But sometimes misfortunes come in threes. 1) We've been having a cold spell, down to 18 at nig...