At an event by the Interfaith Alliance – Learning more about the legislative process and how to get more involved in local politics. It was held at the State Capitol. And I rode the bus by myself for the first time since college almost 20 years ago! I was pretty nervous about it but very […]
Category: Our Life
18 Years
Celebrating 18 years of marriage today. Our server asked for our advice on staying married for so long and told us that she would require an answer before she would let us have our dessert. hehe. It’s hard to narrow everything down to just a few lines and any marriage will always be a work […]
Too Many Irons
While cooking dinner tonight, I had too many things going on at once (too many irons in the fire, so to speak) and I got distracted and accidentally burned four fingers (2 on each hand) and both thumbs. Greg even had to cut up my meat at dinner because I could barely hold my utensils […]
Sun Day
Today is a good day for a “sun day†break from school. Our afternoon appointment got pushed back a few hours, so we decided to take a little walk along the Bobolink Trail after lunch. The school to-do list will wait until Monday. Oh, and that dress Adrianna is wearing was mine in high school. […]
Fraud
Someone stole (or guessed?) our credit card number and tried to spend $500 at Walmart this morning in Aurora. Boo! But thankfully it was declined as a fraud alert was somehow triggered and the credit card company called me right away. I don’t see any other suspicious charges on our account, either. Yay! It wasn’t […]
Peeps
Bree and Cate share a room, which means that bedtime often finds them playing rather than going to sleep. Last night, Cate kept getting out of bed was being generally loud, so Greg went in and told her that she had one last chance to be quiet and stay in her bed; something along the […]
No Suitcases
Cate saw this sign on an office and said, “Look, the sign says no bringing suitcases!â€
Middle Schoolers
Well, we survived an afternoon of 9 middle schoolers at our house! Lots of food, pop, noise, and video games. I hope everyone had fun (I know Adrianna did!) One of the things I had hoped for when we decided to finish our basement this summer was to have a space to open up for […]
Cate is five
Yesterday was Cate’s FIFTH birthday. My baby is 5. It hardly seems possible. Cate is always giving me hugs and is sweet as can be. She still likes Minnie Mouse but is also getting more into My Little Pony (most likely due to her older sisters’ influence.) She and Bree play with their ponies for […]
Books for November and December 2017
The books I read in November and December: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (audiobook) Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (audiobook) What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Library Kindle book) The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff (audiobook with my 12yo daughter) Sir Balin the Ill Fated by Gerald Morris and Steve West (read-aloud […]