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Feb 7, 20222 min read
Hot Chocolate on a Snowy Day
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. ...
Feb 5, 20221 min read
Sunny, Snowy, and a Sunny Card
It's a beautiful, sunny, snowy, 7-degrees-Fahrenheit day. I live in a state with 4 distinct seasons. Sometimes those seasons land all...
Jan 12, 20222 min read
How NOT to Make Biscuits
I did a first last night. There's a biscuit recipe I have made hundreds of time throughout my life. I've made it so often I don't pull...
Jan 10, 20222 min read
Bunny, $99 Milk, and I Finally Painted the Closets
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,...
Dec 27, 20212 min read
An Almost Finished House
This doesn't always happen, but when it does, it's after I've written an entire post, along with lots of pictures. What is it? Wix.com...
Dec 15, 20213 min read
Clean Socks & Moving
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...
Nov 8, 20212 min read
Caulk Gun Safety and Toasty Buns
Do you ever stare at your computer in the grown-up stare? It's what you do when you just wrote an entire blog post, almost novel-length,...
Oct 11, 20214 min read
A Stinky House and Sweet Treats
There's been a lot of life going on since I last wrote. The divorce is final now. It's not where I imagined I'd be in life right now,...
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Default Settings and Divorce
Sometimes, even Mom leaves an empty toilet paper roll. I just wanted to see what it felt like to be a kid again, assuming somebody else...
Aug 7, 20213 min read
Piles of Onions and A Cup of Coffee
Guess what fun I've been having lately? Sometimes the fun is more imagined than obvious, but here it is: Anticipating, then taking, an...
Aug 4, 20212 min read
Ducks in a Row
I spent last weekend with my grandmother and one of my aunts who lives out of state. Grandma's house has always been a place of good...
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Mom's Helpful, Frequent Reminders
Wet towels greeted me this morning. Rather, the sight and smell of them greeted me. Towels can't very well speak. "Hang up your wet...
Jul 26, 20212 min read
A Little German Flavoring
I wasn't raised in Peru, Indiana. In fact, when my family first moved here in the 1990s, I thought we were in another state--even though...
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Well, Well, Well
"Mom, there's no water!" That's what I heard while Kal was taking a bath. Sure enough, there were only a few drips left in the faucets...
Jun 23, 20212 min read
Flowers and Dishes
Note: This is a compilation of several days of writing. We've had beautiful blooms on the rose bushes; and on the walks around our...
Jun 16, 20212 min read
Picture of Hope
You know what the definition of hope is? Going to the greenhouse year after year thinking that this year, surely, you can manage to keep...
May 28, 20213 min read
Bunny, Summer Fun, and New Friends
Bunny is busily chewing parts of our house as I write this. As it happens, it's actually a part he's allowed to destroy. We have pieces...
May 12, 20211 min read
G Stands For Grateful
It's the end of a very long day. My main fountain of noise is singing as loudly as possible in the shower. Maybe the soap works better...
May 6, 20212 min read
Enjoying a Few Moments
In a rare feat, we had dinner done AND cleaned up by 6:00 last night. Actually, we cooked, and I cleaned. Proud moment for this...
May 5, 20212 min read
Sorry, Norwex, I'm Dating Swiffer Now
But I still want you to stick around. I'm not giving up my Norwex mop; it's great. I love how easy it is to use and that the pad is...
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