Doctor Grumpy in the House

I overheard you playing with your cousins on the trampoline this morning, pretending you were all skydiving. While this may work fine in an ...

Today we drove to Middleofnowhere, Utah, where my MIL has rented a large house for us to meet up with her, Mrs. Grumpy’s brothers, and the...

I really don't care whether Sparky the magic flying dog is able to turn invisible for a maximum of 5 or 10 minutes at a time. It makes n...

Today we were at Lagoon. What is Lagoon, you ask? I personally think it’s Utah’s best kept secret (disclaimer- to my knowledge, neither I no...

While the kids were watching TV this morning, an ad came on for the IHOP bacon & egg cheeseburger. WTF? They can’t advertise cigarettes...

After disembarking, the kids and I waited while Mrs. Grumpy went for the Sienna. To give them something to do, I told them to count taxis as...

This cruise (as they all do) has some interesting passengers. Sometimes, I swear, it’s like the cruise line supplies them. This one feature...

Today started unusually early. Around 2:00 a.m. Marie went to pee. She left the bathroom door ajar, but the ship's rolling slammed it s...

It seems odd to be putting this up while on a cruise, but it is the anniversary, and I had the post ready. So what the hell. The story of th...

Today we were in Juneau. After walking off the ship, we were greeted by shuttles going to whale-watching cruises, glacier hiking tours, sh...

Today we were in Skagway, Alaska. An interesting feature here is the harbor. We docked next to a rock wall, which was covered with ship-re...

Today we cruised the remarkably beautiful Tracy Arm fjord, dotted with floating ice (from upstream glaciers) and lined by sheer mountains wi...

Last night was a rough night. My sister has never been on a cruise, and has the cabin next to ours. She wasn't sure what normal rocking ...

Mrs. Grumpy put a bathing sponge up in our cabin's shower. Maybe it's just me, but now when I'm in there I feel like I'm bei...