Circus is over now. I felt like Jell-O all day on Sunday, the day after it all ended. Helping out was certainly fun, though. I want to...

If you live in Peru, Indiana during the summertime, you know what a big deal the circus is. This is my first year finding out just what a...

C, from our office, took me out to the ball game tonight, along with her friend, J. Not my normal pastime, but I enjoyed it. Don't ask...

Just some odds and ends for writing today. Life is too short to pull weeds all summer. A previous owner, one who cared anyway, took the...

My Saturday morning was chaotic. I did a little work from home while drinking coffee as it slowly morphed from hot and refreshing to...

What all do you pack into a weekend? For the kids and me, it's been: A day at the lake. Thank you to C and H for hosting a gathering at...

Tonight was one of those nights I just couldn't come inside. I endured the voluntary torture of dance fitness, but if you've read any...

I'm really struggling to write lately. Not that I don't enjoy it; I do. It's just that so much is too personal to put out on a public...

Mother's Day every year is both glad and sad. I'm glad to be a mother and to have my mother and mother-in-law. I'm sad from missing...

My favorite times with my children are when they are calming down for sleep or waking up. Their noise machines haven't kicked in for the...

11:00 in the morning. This morning was a different version of the usual morning chaos. One child is home from school today, and the...

It is now April. We're past April Fool's Day. Nobody pulled a fast one on me, and if they did, I have yet to discover it. That also...

Most of today was spent where I love best to be: surrounded by family. I grew up in a big, loud, happy family. I'm the third oldest of...

I watched the Super Bowl game last night. Bengals vs. Lakers. No, wait, wrong sport. Bengals vs. Rams. I rooted for the Bengals since...

North-central Indiana woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow this morning. We've had snow already, but the old snow gets dirty--some of...

Hello, Sunday morning! I need to get ready for church in a minute, but first... coffee! It's percolating in the magic pot right now. ...

We're far enough into a new year that lots of goals have already be derailed or abandoned. I don't have specific goals for a new year,...

Kara's and my extended Christmas in Wisconsin came to an end on Tuesday when we came back to Indiana. First off, we just had to stop at...

Christmas is still going on in Wisconsin. Kara and I came to visit my sister, brother-in-law, nad their children. We had to stop at the...

Is a parent supposed to laugh or cry in this situation? That is, I asked one child several times while we were at Meijer if he/she had...