Is Soup Supposed to Look Like That?
What do you make with frozen pumpkin? Besides the obvious, and best, choice, the choice which taunts me in hind sight: pumpkin bread....
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Jun 15, 20233 min read
A Mimosa is Just a Breakfast Screwdriver
I recently heard a someone say to ask yourself What is the best that could happen? instead of asking about the worst that could happen. ...
Feb 22, 20233 min read
A Play, a Bat, and a Bag of Bricks
This year has kept going with the bang that started it on New Year's Day--if you define bang as car trouble and car repairs. Weeks and...
Nov 30, 20222 min read
I Survived Saying No to Myself at Hobby Lobby
It takes an act of God to wake us up and get us going some mornings. That was today. But once we did move, we had a beautiful, quiet...
Nov 24, 20221 min read
You Had Me at Fibonacci
Happy Fibonacci Day! Numbers fascinate me. Math is organized and predictable. It's right, or it's wrong, nothing in the middle. Black...
Sep 5, 20222 min read
ATM(om) and More
Child: "I need $20." Mother: "For what?" Child: "I just need some money in case I need it." Do they think I'm an ATM? Kara and I made a...
May 25, 20222 min read
Mom, I Folded the Laundry
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...
Apr 19, 20222 min read
8 Months of January
You know what a nice noise is when you're a parent? Hearing the toilet flush the way it's supposed to. Until you've had to fight with...
Mar 27, 20223 min read
Big Family & Bunny
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...
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 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...
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...
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Parades, the Circus, and More
How many people get to lead a parade? I do! It wasn't actually a real parade with clowns and candy, bands and toilet paper floats. It...
Jul 13, 20213 min read
What Do Bunnies Do All Day?
What does everyone do on a Sunday night in a little town? Go to Kroger. That's right. The entire town turned out on Sunday night to get...
Jun 25, 20212 min read
The Best Part of the Day
My favorite part of the day? Spending time with Kara, my lovely daughter, walking around the neighborhood. That's when she really opens...
May 22, 20213 min read
Almira Gulch and Roses
I was wrong today... And glad to be so. After completing part of the work for altering a dress, ready to test out the fit, I started...
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