A collaborative Heidmann family-blog with posts by both Nettie and Paul.
Out with the Old, In with the New
Of all times to have our air conditioner go out, during the pandemic would not have been the ideal choice, with the uncertainties of our current economy. However, it's been…
Time for Tea
Ellie asked for a tea set for many weeks, and finally had enough saved to get a little set for herself. She was delighted to serve tea to anyone who…
Celebrating 27 years
It wasn't really an anniversary gift, but that old Toyota commuter car Paul had been driving was dangerously close to dying and we needed something new. Since we'd just paid…
Easter 2020
He is Risen! Alleluia! He is Risen Indeed! These joyful greetings resounded between us as we rose to greet the Easter sun. This was our third Sunday of attending mass…
Family Time
Some special visitors dropped by this week on Tuesday to see Efrain and had so much fun with the kids. We are incredibly blessed to have such good relationships with…
A Quarantine Palm Sunday Birthday
For all the stay-at-homing and quarantining and not-having-anywhere-to-go-ing, it's been hard somehow to "find the time" to write about Palm Sunday and my birthday last weekend. It's not hard to…
Quarantine Sunday
On this quarantine Sunday, as he has several days this week, my beloved husband woke early and went out to the grocery store in search of breakfast, and perhaps a…
Social Distancing
Can I just muse for a while on "Life in the time of the Coronavirus?" These are my random, late night, not-very-insightful thoughts... We're living through an historic moment! I…
Spring Break
For our family, Spring Break began after school on Friday, the 13th. It was a little different than the norm, in that the kids thought it was their spring break…