A Sight for Sore Eyes . . . Meaning A welcome visitor – someone you are glad to see. Origin This phrase was first recorded by Jonathan Swift, in A complete collection of genteel and ingenious conversation, 1738: “The sight of you is good for sore eyes.” Sweets ready to eat — always … Read More
A Pie in the Face…
Late yesterday afternoon, a truck filled with five teenagers and one youth leader pulled into our drive… they had a video camera and a mini fruit “pie” — They were on a video scavenger hunt and a volunteer was needed to get a pie in the face DIY Guy was a good sport and I was … Read More
Amazing!
Saturday night we did some “catching up” with friends. Approximately 2 hours before our guests were to arrive, I got a hankerin’ to re-arrange our great room. Crazy, I know. But that’s how I roll sometimes! My favorite son had mentioned this arrangement awhile back, and I just couldn’t imagine it. But Saturday it suddenly … Read More
Bathsheba
Something to make you smile . . . Bathshebabird from Cheri Dietzman on Vimeo. If you listen carefully, you can hear the woodpecker in the background! Thanks to Nate for this video, taken from his bedroom window.. …and for naming the post!
Then there were none
Last Wednesday there were three On Sunday we were down to two . . . and tonight, there is only one . . . of our three kids still at home. Cara and I took Danae back to Winona Sunday afternoon – she has a May class she is taking. She’ll be back on June … Read More
New Cooks in the kitchen!
On my refrigerator there is a Zits Comic Strip with a gasping mother looking at her trashed kitchen, as her son walks away with a “Dagwood” sandwich, beverage and plate. Above the picture is this: “Give a teen a snack and you feed him for a day, Teach him to fix his own snack … Read More
How in the world?
One of my daily chores is making sure the hens have food and water… and gathering eggs (or egg….on a “slow” day) Today was a little, shall we say, “out of the ordinary” I can not – for the livin’ life of me imagine how a large hen could get her egg INSIDE the dadgum … Read More
Ahhhhhh. It feels so good to have all my kids under one roof at the same time again! All three kids arrived yesterday . . .at various times. First Baby Girl. Then Baby Girl and I drove to the Cities to pick up Wild One….she had arrived via airplane, and her friend, Kristin (who lives … Read More