I still remember that fateful day, when my husband Garth (not his real name) and I nervously sat down at the conference table, distracting the lawyer long enough to hand us each styrofoam cups of stale coffee and, between the 3 of us, was the only one able to hold a pen steady enough to sign the papers. "I think I'm gonna throw up!" I was a few weeks pregnant with our first daughter (commuting, while under the influence of gestation, sucks wet poodle, btw!) and, well, WE WERE BUYING OUR FIRST HOUSE! "You're young, yet, there's still time." The... Read more →

When ALL else #fails (i.e., car in shop, pool filter seizes, refrigerator burns up, or ALL of the above, just sayin') break out the hose and just fuhgehtaboutit!!! Check out the Official Wordless Wednesday HQ Tag, you're it: Wordless Wednesday © 2010 This Full House Blog - All Rights Reserved. Read more →

Only 14 more sleeps until BlogHer '10 and, since this IS my 4th year attending this particular blogging conference (read: proved myself to be a dork, 3 times, for REAL, already!) I feel it safe say, "WHOOT!" and admit that I am sooooooo happy I do NOT HAVE TO worry about flying, you know, in an airplane, or eleventy. Heeeeeeello, NJTransit...it's been a while...how've ya' been, dawg? Still, it can get sorta weird, stepping out from behind one's blog and leaving your delete button, behind (mine is broken, go figure) and, well, it's kind of hard to pass myself off... Read more →

I love how Hopey's bowling ball matches her tutu...perfectly! Check out the Official Wordless Wednesday HQ Tag, you're it: Wordless Wednesday © 2010 This Full House Blog - All Rights Reserved. Read more →

This is my paternal great-grandmother, Maria, in Hungary. My father spent many childhood summers, giving up his "city boy ways," living the "simple country life," with Maria (his mother had him late in life and, apparently, he was a handful!) and, according to my father, it was anything and everything...but, simple! Still, as tough as Maria's life was, my father insists that she was the sweetest, kindest, most gentlest person on earth. Unlike, her great-granddaughter (that would be me!) who is about ready to snare her some Bambi! Exhibit A: Deer tracks (post-sprinkler) this morning. No, I don't want to... Read more →

This Full House 2004 Found this picture buried deep in our old desktop's files and, well, ignoring the fact that my laptop is STILL broken is not such a bad thing, after all. Buuuuut, now my face hurts, as I'm seriously considering climbing into the h...e...double hockey sticks of a crawl space over our garage and dusting off the crib...too. Check out the Official Wordless Wednesday HQ Tag, you're it: Wordless Wednesday © 2010 This Full House Blog - All Rights Reserved. Read more →

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN! D'oh, hello...eyes didn't sees yous come in all quiet like. [smacks lips] Mah name is Doofus-dog. Ma ain'ts at her desk, right now and...d'oh...she ask-did me to...uh...excuse me a minute, puh-leeze. BARK-BARK-WOOF-BARKITY-WOOF-WOOF! D'oh, sorry 'bout that. Ah hates squirrels. Don'ts yous? Anyways. Ma ain'ts here, ah think and...um...d'oh yeah...ah remember now. WOOF-WOOF-BARK-WOOFITY-BARK-BARK! Stupid squirrels! D'oh, aaaanyways, Ma is a bear...um...buffallo...no, that ain'ts it...wait, ah remember now...she's a bee...uh...she's be busier than a cat covering up poop on a cee-ment floor, right now...d'oh...whatever that means. SCRATCH-SCRATCH-SCRATCH! "Cawse ahs knows, and yous knows cats is stoopid. SNORT! D'oh, hello...wait a minute...do... Read more →