So – we took the plunge and bought a new car – we are now officially a three car family (that is so weird). Since we are currently a two driver family we are just parking the Prism for the time being (July will be here soon …). But all the details about the “new kid on the block”. This […]
We currently own two cars in our family – a 2000 Nissan Pathfinder: And a 1995 Geo Prism: We bought the Pathfinder back before we were a family of five, back when Tom was going through his first bout of unemployment, back when we owned a Dodge Caravan that had left us stranded more than once and was threatening to […]
I’ve neglected the blog – and yet I’m selfishly checking everyone else’s blogs ALL the TIME hoping they have posted again. I am resolved to do better. Family update? We all had a wonderful time at Christmas – though it seemed kindof hectic. Tom made a really delicious gourmet meal for Christmas Eve: a course meal that began with roasted […]
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 […]
It’s the morning of the 28th and I’m remembering 16 years ago at just about this time, when Spencer Carlyle Wood made his appearance in the world. It was a long night and an exhausted day, but we were all so happy to have him here! He was cute, creative, and funny as a little boy. And he grew up […]
My friend, Carol (not the Carol in the story), recently posted the following on her blog and I was reminded again of the importance of all the quiet work moms do, so I’m following suit … This is an excerpt from The Invisible Woman by Nicole Johnson… It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, […]
So, here it is, 1:30 am, and I’m awake and coughing and totally disgusted. I was sooo tired tonight, and of course the kids were up late because we were going to watch the fireworks (which didn’t apparently get rained out, but we went home before they started because it was POURING). Anyhow, the children FINALLY went to bed and […]
So it’s been almost a month since my last post and I’m not sure why. I had thoughts of blogging about our garden (and posting pictures, of course) but in the end I was too bored – it’s a garden and nothing is really doing much yet (except the bugs are eating all the leaves). June was busy – Spencer […]
Memorial day was an exciting one in our family. Spencer went skating with some buddies and had an accident – got himself a nice concussion and a case of short term memory loss. I can joke about it (a little) now, but at the time it was totally freaking me out. He hit his head after falling backwards off his […]
I’ve been reading Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and I have to ask myself, “What is this on-going illness trying to tell me about my life??” (that’s an inside joke to anyone who has read this massive tome on how our thoughts and feelings come out in the illnesses and symptoms our bodies display). Seriously, though, I’m really tired of being […]