Love is What Feels Like Home
A friend commented to me yesterday that his house has never felt like a home. Hmmm... I can relate. Thinking back on the moves I've...
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Dec 31, 20222 min read
Want a Scam? and How to Drive
What do you think? I have been specially chosen by the widowed daughter of an African president to manage and control $27,000,000. She...
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...
Jun 16, 20222 min read
Chocolate Horse Feed
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...
Jun 11, 20222 min read
"Mom, You're Old" and Other Fun Parenting Times
My Saturday morning was chaotic. I did a little work from home while drinking coffee as it slowly morphed from hot and refreshing to...
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...
May 23, 20223 min read
Happy Face, Sad Face
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...
May 4, 20222 min read
De-Jungling the Yard
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...
Apr 4, 20223 min read
A Granola Recipe & I'm Still Alive After Shopping
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...
Mar 20, 20221 min read
Daydreams & Daffodils
Life isn't any fun without some embarrassment, or potential for embarrassment, here and there. What I'm talking about is the dance...
Feb 12, 20222 min read
Bon Jovi and Bon Ami
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...
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. ...
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...
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 14, 20212 min read
Gladys
Twas the night before the next day, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a... Wait a minute! Mom was...
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...
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