Stories of My Life

AKA “the blog” – this is a hodge-podge mixup of everything else I feel like posting.

Stories of My Life by supernoviaFebruary 16, 2011August 3, 2015

Counting

OK. I’m gonna be honest. I feel absolutely lousy today. So I tell myself, well, being grumpy won’t make you feel better — cheer up, right? And then I try extra hard to be cheerful. But it’s hard to be cheerful when it freaking hurts to breathe. And that makes me sad, and then I […]

Stories of My Life by supernoviaFebruary 8, 2011December 2, 2020

Green Smoothie Dreams

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?” Sh.: “Green Smoothie? No.” Co: “Do you guys have a BLENDTEC?” Ethan: “YEAH! My mom works there!” Co: “That’s what […]

Stories of My Life by supernoviaJanuary 13, 2011August 3, 2015

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 (in the most literal sense) might be fun…

Stories of My Life by supernoviaJanuary 12, 2011August 3, 2015

Attack of the pom pom people

Left to their own devices, my kids invariably go crafty on me. Found tonight:

Stories of My Life by supernoviaJanuary 11, 2011August 3, 2015

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 to share an inspiring quote with me. He friended me as well. I sent a note asking if we’d met; […]

Stories of My Life by supernoviaDecember 23, 2010August 3, 2015

Sick

You know it’s bad when they’re too tired to play video games.

Stories of My Life by supernoviaDecember 21, 2010August 3, 2015

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 putting 400 on my tree and decorating it. This morning when the kids got up I brought them into the […]

Stories of My Life by emc01December 20, 2010August 3, 2015

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 bagel, split it in half. 2.Get a spoon, spread sauce on the bagel. 3.(optional) Shred some cheese, sprinkle it on […]

Stories of My Life by supernoviaDecember 19, 2010August 3, 2015

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 because they’re all so fallible. And don’t I know it! You might say I tend to feel things intensely, and […]

Stories of My Life by supernoviaDecember 10, 2010August 3, 2015

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 read the signs, so this was a new experience for us. Today she ate a salad, got herself a breadstick, […]

Stories of My Life by supernoviaNovember 29, 2010August 3, 2015

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 things have been back in the days when everything was in black in white? 🙂 Not that everything ever was, […]

Stories of My Life by supernoviaNovember 15, 2010August 3, 2015

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}” Ethan: “What?” Mary: “{expounds on lengthy explanation}” Ethan: “I don’t get it.” Mary “{slightly more concise version of explanation}” Ethan: […]