Yesterday a couple of my kids’ friends came over to play (I’ll use shortened versions of their names). As soon as they’d walked in the door: Mary: “So… have you ever tried a green smoothie?” […]
Category: Stories of My Life
AKA “the blog” – this is a hodge-podge mixup of everything else I feel like posting.
Scrap
I’m always finding little notes like this around the house, and found this one in the car as I was cleaning it out. Mary never seems to keep one journal, but I’m thinking a scrapbook […]
Attack of the pom pom people
Left to their own devices, my kids invariably go crafty on me. Found tonight:
The Joys of Online Dating
(Oops! I’d somehow published this as a page rather than a post. Fixing that.) This morning I was surprised by a note from a young man who happened across my profile and felt strongly impressed […]
Sick
You know it’s bad when they’re too tired to play video games.
GE mini Christmas Lights
Buh. I bought a reel of “professional grade” lights from GE thinking it’d save me some time in years to come. Invest in quality, right? But just to be safe, I double checked them before […]
mini bagel pizzas
Hi! I’m Ethan, and I’d like to tell you how to make very yummy mini bagel pizzas. You’ll need: bagels, marinara sauce, cheese (optional), mini pepperoni (optional), and other toppings you like on pizza (optional). 1.Take a […]
C.S. Lewis on the risk of love…
I’m reading “The Four Loves” by C.S. Lewis & enjoying it tremendously. His theory is that there are three “natural” loves: Affection, Friendship, and Eros… and that none of them can stand on their own […]
Gullible
I took the kids and their friend to a pizza place today — the first buffet we’ve visited in a very long time. In fact last time, it seems Mary was too short to even […]
Color photos from simpler times?
When I was a kid, the internet was just a kid too. Looking over my 30 years worth of memories, I can’t say things were actually any simpler then than now. How much simpler could […]
Just before dinner…
I didn’t get to hear the whole conversation because I was dealing with burned broccoli (yes, I win homemaker of the year award) but it went something like this: Mary: “{insert some lengthy explanation here}” […]
If you are prepared…
I am so not a fan of winter, but I think I’ve finally figured out why & what to do about it. I was walking through a parking lot with a good friend when he […]
