A Tea-Tray in the Sky

"I have a joke Mama. Wanna hear it?" Alice asked lying next to me in bed. "Tell it fast, it's time to sleep," I to...

In case you were sitting there thinking, "I wonder how dear, sweet, artistic Alice has been lately?" So now you wanna see he...

It's Friday and I'm feeling über grateful to my bestest best friend in the whole wide world. I would like to dedicate today to...Ama...

Up until this moment, there has been an aspect of my life with Alice I have intentionally left out. This little space in the sky was meant t...

It's finally happened. I've given in. You can't see it because, well you're there and I'm here, but I'm waving the w...

Dear Mother Nature, Clap..............clap..............clap. Bravo. Well played. Point Mother Nature. I see what you did today, your hu...

Dear Mother Nature, I am writing to you today with a request, a favor if you will. You have been such a kind mother the past few months, i...

I did it. Finally. I highlighted my hair blue. I know what you're thinking, midlife crisis. I'll have you know this is not a midlife...

In my house there's a mythical place where toys go called Way Up High. The location often changes without notice, but the laws governing...

"When I grow up and get big, I don't wanna be a mama," she told me. "That's fine. You don't have to be a mama....

Thanksgiving came and went. We survived. I mean, really, it's a fairly painless holiday. You eat and drink and eat and watch football an...

I am too tired to write. I know I said I wasn't going to give any more excuses for not writing , but I swear, this time it's differe...

I overheard this conversation and it made me chuckle. Him: So, Alice. Today's Election Day. That means we get to vote to decide who'...

I wrote my first post on December 18th, 2011. Of course, not at A Tea-Tray in the Sky . That first step into the darkside of blogging was so...

Hand in hand, I lifted the latch and we entered the tot lot. All around were tricycles, plastic ride on cars, balls, plastic playhouses, and...

There's a person in my life that loses everything. I won't mention any names. I've already had to join the blogger protection pr...

You know what I hate? Pee. I am sick to death of pee. Not mine of course. My pee is fine. I put it in the appropriate receptacle. I think th...

"I had to sit in my cubby," she told me completely out of the blue. "Yeah? What do you mean, you had to sit in your cubby?...

Alice is a cutter. No paper is spared. I shit you not, from sun up to sun down my daughter cuts. If it wasn't so damn annoying, it would...

Alice is well into her second week of school and things are going swimmingly. She's an ungodly early riser by nature; the transition of ...