I've been waiting, waiting, waiting for the chance to write this post and now the time has finally come: My good friend Cara, aka the Fa...

Full disclosure: I have not actually tried Galactic Pizza . Yet. It’s in Minneapolis and I’m in central Illinois, and that’s an awfully long...

Sigh. Julie, there's something I've been meaning to tell you. I've been trying to figure out the best way to say it all week but...

If you want to know if our children is learning, I recommend reading the local shopper. You will have learn-ed all you needed to know in no ...

I know the topic might not be all that interesting to some of you, but I thought I'd share anyway. I recently started contributing to La...

I am not going to gloat. I promise. I said to myself long before Nov. 4 rolled around that should the outcome that seemed likely actually oc...

Last week I wrote a post on The Home Know-It-All about green entertaining. Now that it's November and the holidays will be here in no ti...

As I briefly mentioned in my last post, when I was in Des Moines last weekend I spent some time in Valley Junction with friends. We were on ...

I know, I know. There I go again. Leaving you all alone. But I always have somewhat reasonable excuses for disappearing, don't I? This t...

There is something I meant to rant about a few weeks ago after a quick weekend trip to Chicago. And I forgot all about it until today when, ...

Dear Yoplait: If you are in the market for a new spokesperson (or something like that), I've found the perfect talent for you. This is B...

Tomorrow is my birthday. But it is also one of those days when I have exactly zero free time. So Conservative Boy planned a birthday extrav...

Hi guys. Have you missed me? Julie has been too busy to let me chat with you lately, but I finally convinced her that I really, really, real...

In my world, no fall is complete without a trip to the pumpkin patch. Almost every year I lived in Des Moines, at least a couple of my lovel...

I am writing to inform you that the Bears jerseys are on notice. Conservative Boy was driving back from Des Moines today during the game so...