DAWN'S TOP TEN TWENTY LIST OF WORDS I NEVER DREAMED WOULD ESCAPE MY LIPS until I had children. 1. Don’t put chocolate milk in your pan...

Several people have written me to comment on my kids' names. Yes, they're all named after cities. Yes, Clayton is actually a city ev...

A fellow half-Greek girl who hails from Chicago, Cheryl at http://praterposte.blogspot.com/2007/09/dang-im-it.html tagged me to answer this...

I've been set straight. A gentleman wrote me and informed me of my grievous error. Apparently there is one man, a shoe salesman in Passa...

I was cleaning my sons' room while conversing with a gentleman on the phone. I can never just talk to someone on the phone. No, I have t...

I can't figure out how to put a link to my little interview, but you click this, it should take you to the Star 102.5 in Des Moines page...

While running around the garage, my three year old asked, "Mom, do you need fire to build a toilet?" I was too scared to ask him w...

A link to my Trib. interview. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bloggermom_03sep03,1,987830.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout A link to...

Sorry if the title of this post now has you singing show tunes from The Sound of Music. OK, someone "tagged" me, so I guess I'...

My car is dead. Well, I guess it isn't totally dead. Just mostly dead. We first got it in 2003. I think it was 2003 anyway. My memo...

I woke up to my 3 year old screeching because my 8 year old was bugging him. Just a typical day around here. However, in addition to the scr...

I'm reprinting the auction here before Ebay takes it down. I'm selling a bunch of Pokemon cards. Why? Because my kids sneaked them i...