Smile Of The Week. This One's For Stay-At-Home Moms

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home.
He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed:
'Dear Lord:
I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife
merely stays at home. I want her to know what
I go through. So, please allow her body to switch with mine for a day.'

TOMATO SOUP FOR THE SOUL

The fall weather is starting to make it's presence felt in our southwest corner of the country, albeit little by little (minus one degree or so a day). It's windy in sunny San Diego today. The temps are in the low 60s which for us So Cal residents means it's time to break out the jackets (though many [...]

EURO-TROTTING WITH TEENS

Once we decided to bite the financial bullet and take a jaunt across the Atlantic to the Old Continent, we discarded any notions of luxury and comfort so we could afford to see as much as we could cram into three weeks. From the outset we decided to visit seven cities in four countries: Rome, Florence and Venice in Italy; Madrid and Barcelona in Spain; Paris, France, London and Oxford in England … And since both of us are in our late 40’s, and our kids 14 and 17, it was also one heck of a Euro-family-fitness challenge Amazing Race style.