With the embers in the engine finally out and the excitement of a 5-alarm fire dying down, we got back on the road.  We laughed and laughed.  No more challenging the universe, Traci.  The goal changed to pulling into Grandpa...

The kids and I got the boot at 9:00am. Scott was antsy to start work and the kids were being... you know... kids. I threw together our beach bag, snacks and bathing suits and headed to the beach. What more...

We have now arrived at that part of the movie where morale is in a nosedive.  Normally we’re fairly immune to small disasters.  In fact, I generally find mishaps charming and funny.  However… we’ve taken one too many broadsides and...