Shade and Sweetwater

Here followeth a Casa de Crazy Thanksgiving Day Tradicion: And a new (old) addition to our warped holiday hilarity: We hope you have a ple...

I have a few traditions on Thanksgiving. Not many - the menu, Mom recording the Macy's parade so we can watch it together at Yule and fa...

It is the week before Thanksgiving  and there is much happening here at Casa de Crazy. The kids and I are terrorizing the cats...er...tidyin...

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A while back (a couple of years, anyway), we had what the kids have dubbed "The Home Invasion".   Sit back, relax, and I shall rel...

  I drove to Ohio this past weekend; a friend moved into new digs and needed household goods, and Mom, K2, and I had some things to donate, ...

'Scuse me while I ramble 'n' rant a wee. Sometimes laws are made.  Sometimes?  Too often!  The social contract tells us how to b...

  Another year, another repost. ~~~~~ I'm cooking  corned beef and cabbage  tonight, much to my delight - there will be plenty for dinne...

 Love. It's a word with baggage.  An overused word.  A word applied to fabric softener and dish detergent, to songs and fast food, sport...

  " Something there is that doesn't love a wall..." - Robert Frost Having been born in, and having spent my youth rambling aro...

 I have had many opportunities in my life to prove to myself (and anyone who questions it) that I am definitely not a superhero. If the lac...

  We're deep in the heart of February, and here we are. Yup. Here.  We.  Are. Welp. Here, have a not-at-all-but-maybe-a-little random li...

  There is a song for everything.  My kids hear me say this often.  Sometimes one of them will say something and it'll trigger a song in...

Here followeth a Casa de Crazy Thanksgiving Day Tradicion: And  a new  addition to the tr adition: We hope you have a pleasant, tasty, mel...

  I have a few traditions on Thanksgiving. Not many - the menu, Mom recording the Macy's parade so we can watch it together at Yule and ...

For this post to mak sense, maybe go read the old blog post, first. He came for a visit last night.  The only dream I had, or at least ...

Wow, it’s been a while. Here at Casa de Crazy, we’ve been keeping to ourselves as much as possible...so, pretty much business as usua...

Poor Sam is miserable.  Thousands of can’t-really-afford-them dollars in tests and medication and she’s still stuck in the cone, still...