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Mar 6, 20203 min read
ISO: Self-Animating Cleaning Products
Today is Friday. We’ve been without an internet connection at home for two days. I didn’t realize how many times I mindlessly sit down...
Mar 6, 20202 min read
Life With Glitter and Rainbows
My world is all glitter and rainbows during prom season. Even though we vacuum the shop all the time, the carpet shimmers with what...
Mar 3, 20202 min read
Singing, Dancing, and Sewing
Tonight was a little sad: it was the last choir rehearsal before the community choir concert next week. I always want to sing and dance...
Mar 2, 20203 min read
A Day in the Life of the Markses
Notice the title doesn't leave a dangling apostrophe? Most people butcher our last name in the plural and singular possessive forms. ...
Feb 29, 20202 min read
Who Needs a Coat When It's Only 17 Degrees?
My children have wonderful, warm, winter coats. You wouldn't know it though, because they don't actually wear them much. Today, at 17...
Feb 27, 20203 min read
Building Bridges
"The best part of waking up is Folger's in your cup!" That jingle plays in my head, sometimes coming out in real life, every morning I...
Feb 25, 20203 min read
My Grandma
Each day is a gift. Today was even more so because I spent several hours of it with my mom, grandma, and one of my brothers. Mom and I...
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Oley's Pizza and Teeny Electric Cars
Tonight was Oley's Pizza night. This tasty place is well worth the wait it takes to get to a table, then the wait for food. My...
Feb 21, 20201 min read
Tulips, Shoes, and a Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to my husband today. To celebrate, I bought myself some flowers. I had to get these tulips. The sun was shining, birds...
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Shakespeare and Show Tunes
Reading books at night is like the dessert on the day. After whatever hard work defined the day, to read is a sweet relief. Shakespeare...
Feb 19, 20202 min read
Tuscan Chicken and Drinking Someone Else's Coffee
If I could choose to be endowed with any superpower I wished for, it would be Mary Poppins's snap. Every night after dinner, when I've...
Feb 17, 20202 min read
Eagles Along the Wabash
Kal started out today with a headache, so I stayed home with him while Kris and Kara went to church. On his request, we went for a mosey...
Feb 16, 20201 min read
Cleaning Up Messes and House Dieting
I'm watching Leap Year upstairs with my little ladybug while Kris and little Kris are watching Venom on the downstairs T.V. Perfect...
Feb 15, 20202 min read
Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day. Kris made some origami flowers for me. Different, but cute! Kara made up valentines for her class and added a...
Feb 14, 20203 min read
Snow Day (and Living to Tell About It)
Some days, you just don't get coffee until 5:00... in the afternoon. School was closed today, the kids were with me in my shop, I had...
Feb 13, 20202 min read
Chores, Schmores, Mom Is Not the Maid
There are times it seems "Mom" is spelled "Maid," so it's time for some retraining here. My dear little ones, and the dear big one, need...
Feb 12, 20202 min read
A Friend I've Never Seen
"You'll never guess who I met today!" My mom has said that more times than we can count. She is very personable with a knack for...
Feb 5, 20201 min read
Don't Cook a Bad Attitude Into That Stew!
My work includes lots of creating with my hands. Work at home involves all sorts of using my hands to complete housework and make...
Feb 3, 20203 min read
02-20-2020 and the Superbowl
Notice the palindrome? Today was a nerd holiday. This is Sunday's writing, Groundhog Day, even though it's early Monday morning now. I...
Jan 31, 20201 min read
Great Expectations
The hardest expectations to live up to are our own.
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