Miss Lucy

This one can be so infuriating. And her vet bills have been atrocious. Yet there’s nothing sweeter than when she hops up on my bed on a Saturday morning, burrowing in where Scott was just seconds ago to savor the warm spot. She curls her legs beneath her, closes her […]

Two things

One: We just received Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from Netflix last week and I already have the theme song and several others stuck in my head. I was making dinner earlier and humming “Toot sweet, toot sweet!” And on a side note, I know this will sound a bit weird, […]

Look…a picture!

And it’s of little ole me. 😉 I’ve been carrying my camera around in the new fantasmic camera bag I got last week, so it was within reach as Dev and I sat in the car after Gymco tonight. He was munching on some mini rice cakes and we were […]

Not so super mom

I have had days when my husband is away and I’ve gotten everything done fairly flawlessly, including getting the kiddo fed, played with and in bed without many antics. Today was not one of those days. 95% of it went well. The 5% that didn’t, though, makes me feel like […]

Pleasantness

The weekend turned out to be scrumptious. A little chill in the morning air, but plenty of sunshine and opportunities to be outside. And boy were we! The kiddo and I spent two hours at the Portage Creek Bicentennial Park with friends on Saturday. (He was so exhausted he almost […]

Be still

My father-in-law was re-admitted to the hospital today. He had a stroke this spring and has been in rehab since his operation. I thought he was improving and it was just a matter of who was going to be able to take care of him once he was released. But […]

Happy Labor Day!

Mine started out with a child who wakes up precisely at 6:30 every morning even though he ran around like crazy at the barbecue last night and went to bed later than usual. So what we have on our hands is a very tired boy who is finding every reason […]