You’d think nothing has been happening in the Wood family – but that wouldn’t be exactly true. First – at the beginning of May I headed to Idaho for a reunion with my on-line buddies. We met last year at a Mom’s Retreat where we all did the unthinkable and met up with people we only knew from the internet. […]
A blogger that I read recently hosted a call for motherhood essays and I got to wondering what my essay would look like. Here’s the result. My picture of motherhood was formed early by my own mother. She wasn’t a perfect mother but then, I don’t believe in perfect mothers. She was, however, a terrific mother. She loved us. She […]
I’m trying to get Tom to do a guest blog post. He made an amazing meal on Sunday and he even had Spencer take pictures. He’s being reluctant – but I wish he would!! I envy those bloggers who have those beautiful food posts and here I have my very own chef who won’t spruce up my blog!! I’m trying […]
So, back on December 27th Tom & I passed a significant milestone in our life together – we’ve been officially hitched for 20 years! Just saying that seems a little unreal. 20 years is almost half of the total time I’ve been alive. Somehow I’ve gone from sharing my life with someone I’m “getting to know” to sharing my life […]
First off, there will be no pictures in this post because I am that type of lame blogger. Just picture to yourself the splendor that was our home this month – the beautiful tree (that is now drooping because we only watered it once and it is merrily flinging pine needles into the far reaches of our family room in […]
Well, we jumped from remodeling the kitchen to full-fledged Christmas preparations. As the mother and tone-setter for the family, I proceeded to lose my mind and take my family with me!! There are entirely too many things to do in December. It sounds innocuous enough – just a class party or work party or band concert – none of them […]
So, I’m back with some pictures of my handy-dandy scheduler. First, the binder I’m not ashamed to take into the grocery store! From 2011 WordPress Pics Isn’t it nice? I especially like the closure (and it’s padded, which you can’t really tell from this picture, but I like). Here’s my weekly menu planner – I’m trying at least … From […]
Andrew and Haley and I drove out to Provo this past weekend to spend a few days of their fall break visiting Tom’s mom. After a couple of years of falls and mini-strokes and various ailments that come and go, she has reached the point of needing someone in her home all the time, “just in case”. Luckily for everyone, […]
So I’ve been AWOL – not deliberately, but I haven’t felt like I have anything interesting to say, or I’ve been too lazy to get my pictures uploaded. Still, lame excuse. Going to try and post more regularly. This post is an update on a couple of things I’ve talked about here. First – my scripture reading plan. I’m on […]
When I was much younger (like in high school and college) I quite enjoyed keeping a daily schedule. I picked out a planner each year and took a lot of pleasure in “booking” all my obligations. Weird, I know … When I got married and then had Spencer I never really had a schedule. My life wasn’t that complicated, and […]