As I just celebrated my 29th birthday- I am reflecting a bit on the aging process. Heath came home the other day and said “man I have this huge bald spot, where did my hair go” to which I promptly responded “the same place as my boobs.” I think they are commiserating their […]

Ok, so no one else has noticed but me, but my biceps are growing. I have just completed my fifth week of lifting weights 3 mornings a week with my friend. It is working out great because my boys play with hers while we use her home equipment. I really enjoy lifting […]

No, definitely not. And I wont be hyphenating my name either, but I will be keeping BITSP an independent site from Heath’s blog. He suggested combining the two for mostly practical reasons (as he is constantly improving and tweaking the techie aspects of his site-a benefit I could share). And I can […]

Just wanted to publicize more widely my husband’s latest and my current favorite proverb which is as follows “If it’s worth doing well, it’s worth doing poorly.” For more see this, but in brief, this proverb goes out to all the “perfectionists who gave up” out there, whose underacheving ranks my hubby and I […]

I have been thinking lately about generational differences in parenting styles and how one generation always has things it is reacting against from the previous generation. I thought about all my friends and how they are quick to apologize to their children. These peers are the offspring of authoritarian, “no questions asked” parents. […]