by J.A. Andrews | Mar 22, 2016 | general
Today’s post is a throwback from two years ago, but unfortunately, a little piece of it has resurfaced and made it newly relevant to my life. My youngest son, dubbed appropriately Chaos, has a talent for making up words he thinks are nonsense, but in fact are...
by J.A. Andrews | Mar 15, 2016 | general
I’m having a spider problem. The problem is that they seem to really like me. I’m not particularly scared of spiders, but they do have that pop-out-of-no-where-to-freak-you-out factor. Normally, spiders just stick to ceilings and dark corners, but lately they’ve been...
by J.A. Andrews | Mar 8, 2016 | general
Parenting is tricky. One part of the trickiness is that kids are just weird. Usually their weirdness ebbs and flows so that a strange mannerism will appear for a few weeks, then disappear and no one will remember. But how are you supposed to know which weird things...
by J.A. Andrews | Feb 16, 2016 | general
It’s Tuesday again and I’ve got nothing. So, I’m just going to do the best I can. Today that best is a joke I heard from a nine-year-old. Adjust your expectations accordingly. (Drumroll please…) What has a bottom on the top? There you go, it’s actually more of a...
by J.A. Andrews | Feb 9, 2016 | general
Don’t you think that out of all the things on earth, your own brain should be more of an ally? After all, it is inside your own head. And somehow it is you. Or at least it feels like it’s you, doesn’t it? (I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess y’all are just like...
by J.A. Andrews | Feb 2, 2016 | general
Dear Bathroom Architects, I have a plea. Please (and by please I mean ‘for the love of all that is holy’) do NOT put skylights in bathrooms. It seems nice, to have a little outside light while you’re doing your toilette. …To check the weather while you take care...