I couldn’t come up with seven…
Jennifer Fulwiler regularly posts "7 Quick Takes" at her marvelous blog, Conversion Diary. First of all, anyone who can produce that sort of post on a regular schedule has my…
Let The Sunshine In!
Here ya go - pics of our roofless abode -- as well as the back yard where our neighbor's fire encroached a bit and burned our fence, already dead grass,…
A Saturday Sojourn – or, Where We Went and What We Learned
During the two-and-a-half months we have been living in this rental house, there has been one particular loss from the fire that has affected me, and that was the loss…
WIP’s
This week has been one of a parent-dictated police-state lockdown of the internet, as we attempted to wrest control of our children's attention away from the hypnotic glow of the…
Filed under: Things That Make Mom’s Day
From the boy who has been cringing away from my hugs for years... Q.O.D. "I don't like to be hugged. I only like to hug." So now, when my motherly…
Bad Reaction
Well, we don't really know what bit him, but last week Jacob woke up with a red blistery patch on his left cheek, and his left eye completely swollen shut. …
SQUARES!!
My first ever Granny Square Blanket. I am afraid. Very afraid. I believe I may have just developed an addiction.
House Update
Stopped by the house this morning on a post-office run (via QT where Megan bought everyone drinks) and took some pics of how the work is progressing. Almost all the…
Random Snaps
This is not what I want to see when I walk into the kitchen to pour myself a cup of freshly brewed coffee. I miss my coffee maker!!!! Paul…
Rule #1: Expect the Unexpected
After our homecoming adventure on Sunday, I expected the rest of the day to be fairly relaxed and routine. I was, of course, mistaken. I need to stop making such…