InsomniMom

My office-away-from-home is the Paradise Bakery and Cafe at Hamilton Town Center on the Noblesville/Fishers border. I can be found there sev...

I'm kind of proud of that title. I flatter myself that it sounds like something Jane Austen might have come up with. Er, something with ...

I was at the grocery store with Meelyn on Friday and we'd filled our cart and finally made our way to the check-out. We had to wait just...

Around here, because we generally go to church on Saturday evening, Sundays aren't the organized days they were when I was a child and w...

I have long since stopped apologizing for being the kind of person who takes great pleasure in girly things; like jewelry (real is good, but...

Do you have that kind of face, a face like mine? A face that beckons every weirdo in a thirty mile radius and says, without your lips even ...

So I was in a yoga class this morning and feeling pleased with myself because it was the first time I'd been able to maintain my balance...

Aisling just played this song, Taylor Swift's "The Best Day," for me on the piano and I am seriously thinking about lying...

"Every time it's so right, it feels sooo good," croons the blue bear to the tune of a sensuous soundtrack while the Missus sit...

I went to Aldi by myself today to do the grocery shopping, and by the time my cart was full, the check-out line was prodigiously long. I sig...

Aisling's Confirmation Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish went very well on Friday evening. It was all very beautiful and my husband...

Okay, sometimes I say random things that probably make people doubt my sanity. I think it's because I have a combination of my dad'...

Something that's never good is when you go to the grocery and the cashier scans all your food items and you reach out to give her your ...

I was browsing the public library's website this morning and noted that the Children's Department was offering Tiny Tot Storytime ev...

On Friday, Meelyn, Aisling, Kieren and I drove over to New Castle so that Aisling and Kieren could mow the lawn (Poppy is still in his boot,...

Did you all see the news story out of central Florida on April 1? About the woman in the Walgreen's parking lot who got back to her car ...

On Mondays, I try to get out of the house by around 9:30 in the morning, leaving the girls settled with their work so that I can run around ...

I went to the library last week to pick up another gargantuan stack of books to read and two very odd things happened while I was there. 1) ...

I am currently praying a novena (nine days of prayers) to Our Lady of Lourdes with a large group of friends. We are communicating via email ...

When I was in high school, my mother told me to take a typing class. I thought she was full of it, because my grandma had bought me a little...