Let me explain where I’ve been the last week:   Excuse, excuse, blah, work, excuse, excuse, getting Patrick ready to leave for Brazil, excuse, some more work, blah.   It’s a good thing…

January 1, 2008 was absolutely spectacular.  Well, the wee hours anyway.  The driving home and the unpacking and the tidying up was just sort of normal, not what I’d call spectacular exactly, but…

Why, when you’re trying to get out of work by 2pm, but you MUST fund everyone’s 401K before you leave, and you can’t get the numbers to add up in your spreadsheet, and…

I’m all done with this week.  But the week, it ain’t done with me.  No, no, it is 2pm on Wednesday and I have 21 hours left of working (thanks Amanda!) – because this week is…

The oldest boy in my life is six months old today.  As a birthday present, he got a trip to the vet to have his baby-making abilities cut off before we became grandparents.  He’ll…