Dear Dad, You Sock! Another column from the Chaos Chronicles Archives, this one from June 2005. It’s like a little trip in the Wayback Machine for me, to the years before Our Big Screen TV and before we had taken up Playing Golf Badly. But still the same Berick, impossible to buy gifts for! Dear [...]
The great thing about Father’s Day is that dads have simple needs. Thanks, Dads. A card, a gift, a few hours peace on the couch asleep in front of a golf tournament– so much less pressure than Mother’s Day. But that doesn’t mean you can’t jazz up the basics with a little effort– and overnight [...]
I mentioned on Chaos Chronicles Podcast 417 that while I was at yoga last Saturday morning, my husband decided to remodel our bathroom. By himself. Oh wait, with the help of my two sons whose previous experience with construction is limited to work with Lego bricks. Okey-dokey. Super. But, I can get on board. I [...]
The new Chaos Chronicles Podcast is up: An update on the Graduation Reception and a request for my story on The Night of 10,000 Hors d’oeuvres; Your comments, emails and tweets on House Hunters, crafting and sewing, granite counter tops and why Midwesterners love basements; plus, an unexpected item on my Summer To Do List. [...]
I gave myself over to working on the graduation reception yesterday. I mentioned that I had volunteered to be one of the 7th grade moms to host the reception after the 8th grade graduation at my son’s school. It was my only volunteer commitment all year long at this school, the book tour and TV [...]
#1 Thing to Like this Tuesday? Bears hugging dogs. Enough said. Ten Things is back! My semi-regular list of recommendations on products, events, entertainment, ideas, recipes and the occasional photo of a animal doing something cute. Today, on Ten Things to Like this Tuesday, we have a give-away people! Read below for details: #2 Lunchbox [...]
Same face. Same haircut. Much bigger worries. Happy 16th Birthday, Brookes! One thing every Mother of Boys hears from her counterpart raising girls is the sentiment, ” You’re so lucky. Boys are so easy compared to girls. ” I always smile and shake my head in a vague conspiratorial nod. Just to make those [...]
I remember the exact moment I started grilling. It was about 7 years ago when we did a an interview with a representative from the a grill manufacturing company about women and grills. I wish I could remember that woman’s name, because she changed my (cooking) life. Prior to that conversation, I had been afraid [...]
Here they are! And, seriously, this is almost exactly how I wore them, with a plain fitted scoop neck t-shirt and heels. I opted for a necklace but really, I like the rose better! Chaos Crew, I had to share. On Chaos Chronicles Podcast 415, I went on and on about those fancy Sequined Pants [...]
Great news about a new partnership that will allow the Chaos to continue! I promised great news on the last podcast and here it is: I am thrilled to announce a new partnership with makinglifebetter.com as their “Family Expert.” What does that mean? It means that I’ll be providing my brand of “expertise” on the [...]
