Time is running out for the 30 day organizational challenge. Since Day 12 I’ve been maintaining a clean back room and trying (not always successfully) to keep the laundry at bay. This afternoon after church Brian and I spent several hours organizing the apartment. We started with the desk and living […]
This evening I got sucked into reading blogs by MD’s and nurses. I was fascinated by their articles and strongly desired to be a part of the “medical workers” club. I want to know all that they know, I want to help people with their illnesses, I want to solve medical problems as patients come in […]
Autumn was trying to teach Hunter how to talk this morning over breakfast.
“This is milk Hunter, say milk,” she explained, “milllllk”
When he didn’t respond she moved on to a new item.
“This is a foon Hunter, say foon,” Autumn carefully told him as she pointed to a spoon, “use you fooon.”
My house is a mess, my children want my attention, my son is into things he shouldn’t be and I am trying desperately to read blogs about how to be a good mom. There comes a time when you just need to walk away from the computer and live out the things you […]
This week Elena invited us to go to the train station with her. We had a great time eating our lunch in the sunshine and cheering as each train went by. We saw freight trains, commuter trains, and passenger trains. Mr. Meepo would faithfully yell, “boose” as each train came to it’s […]
Fun Facts about the state where my Dad was born:
it was the 46th state of the Union
it is across two time zones
it has produced more astronauts than any other state
it is home to the largest McDonalds in the world
it is one of the Great Plains states
Can you guess where it is (without the aid of […]
In case you haven’t checked, google maps has the best route from New York to London. Don’t miss step 24.
I have Clemntine to thank for this.
Today Autumn and I embarked on a journey. We planted 3 types of plants that we hope will not die, but thrive and produce delicious things. This is definitely a risk because I have a history of killing plants.
July 2003:
I had this great idea to use potted purple flowers as the center pieces for our […]
On Tuesday I needed to cook a whole chicken so I browsed through several recipe sites. In the end I made up my own recipe which was kind of a combination between this and this.
This was my first attempt at making something on my own in the crock-pot and I think it turned out pretty […]
In Dobson’s book Bringing up Boys he cites countless studies that indicate the importance of uninterrupted time to connect with your kids. Kids who have meals with their family 5 times a week have less behavioral and psychological problems than the kids who eat family meals 3 times a week. Besides family meals Dobson argues the […]
