Back in 2011 I waxed lyrical on the joys of road trips. I recently reread my blog post and I still think I captured pretty well the joys I have found over the years “on the road”. Yet this past week as I prepared to make the trip to Monroe, I found myself anxious about the drive. Last Labor Day […]
Last weekend the kids had Friday and Monday off from school. I liked not getting up at five thirty, but dealing with a child who doesn’t know what to do with himself is difficult. Andrew always does better with structure and though he wants free time, he usually spends it asking others to entertain him or getting into trouble. So […]
Where we live there are big swathes of open space. They are aesthetically nice to have because there are all these walking paths, though they are probably really more for flood control. Either way, they are bands of wild country in the midst of lawn and houses. We know there are wildlife -the bunnies are ubiquitous and the coyote yips […]
Anyone who knows me well (or is my Facebook friend) knows I read ALOT! For the last few years I’ve averaged around 200 books a year. So since January or so I’ve maybe read six books. You might foolishly believe I’ve finally mastered my addiction. You’d be so wrong. One day, browsing Pinterest I got sucked into a Harry Potter […]
As you can see, I succeeded in getting my son to help me update my blog. Those birds make me happy!! Still no food post – guess it isn’t going to happen … Haley is doing better with the school work. Andrew is still way out there but hopefully one of these med changes will start working and we’ll get […]
Last spring (I think) I was watching my sister and her almost three-year old daughter. Kate would come and say, “I love you mama” often while she played. Just popped in to connect and then back to the fun. I was feeling particularly discouraged about my parenting experience. Spencer, while a mostly pleasant teen, is understandably moving towards independence. He […]
Just a quick note to say that I have added some reviews to my Book Reviews page – specifically “Good Bookclub Reads”. Plus I added all the Newberry’s I’ve read lately. Need to keep working on this …
Because Tom is a softie and Haley is a “Daddy’s girl”, Haley is taking horseback riding lessons. She has liked it well enough that we actually bought some riding boots. I thought I’d post a couple of pictures. Here she is with Ebony. Haley is taking lessons from a friend of ours – she and Spencer were in the same […]