22 years ago this handsome, funny, smart, sweet, sensitive & wonderful guy joined our family at 2:15 a.m. weighing in at 9 lbs. 3 oz. Though he was 10 days late ….when he decided he was ready to leave the womb, he wasn’t willing to wait -so he was born 25 minutes after we arrived at the … Read More
Weekend work
As much as I wanted to sit by the pool, sip iced tea and read magazines this weekend, there was a pressing job to be done… …and I don’t mean ironing either. …I’m talk’n serious pressing … and moving “material” as DIY Guy called it . . . …then raking and more pounding the “material” … 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
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
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
Gotta love ’em
Last October I posted the 1st Edition of my version of “Kid’s say the darndest things” — Today, Miz Booshay at Quiet Life shared her “darndest” story…and asked readers to share theirs too. I figured this was as good a time as any to do my 2nd Edition: On Sunday morning, March 8, 1992 our baby girl … Read More
Crystals?
“It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt” Ok, nobody got hurt. However, somebody did get pretty sick. I posted some photos earlier this week of our boy doing 360’s in the last remaining snow patches in our “yard”. He was really having some fun spinning and spraying fountains of snow in wide circles. … Read More
Signs of Spring — and Testosterone
Visible signs that spring is arriving in the frozen tundra have been appearing . . . The obvious robin… that may or may not have been around all winter . . . Parkas are shed for sweatshirts … (Nate in his creepy front zip-to-the-tip hoodie) and indoor activity is abandoned for more testosterone raving fun I just … Read More