When I came in the house this afternoon lugging bags of groceries, all three of my pets tried to squeeze themselves into our tiny kitchen to investigate. Not only do they nose around in my bags, they tend to get in the way when I’m trying to cram things into […]
King of the mountain
We took Juliette for a walk this afternoon. Thankfully the majority of our neighbors had shoveled or snowblowed their walks. And thankfully there were many snowbanks for Devin to frolic in. But you should have seen how big his eyes got when he spied the enormous snowbank in the church […]
The theme for today’s snow day? Star Wars
Blizzards aren’t typical events. The last snow dump of this magnitude we had was when Scott and I were living in Chicago in January 1999. We didn’t have a kid back then. (Instead, I played the child-like part, ooohing and aaahing as the snow poured down outside our window.) Kids […]
What do little boys do at a Snowball Dance?
They run around pretending they’re gladiators. Or they chase girls who are wearing boas. They don’t actually dance unless you bribe them. And then they’re likely to just stand still while you try very hard to get them to groove to the beat.
So, yeah, I have a blog, don’t I?
I’m not sure sometimes. I think fondly of this site, but I don’t seem to find the time to give it love lately. With the dreary grey coldness of January in Michigan, though, I need to push myself to focus on my creativity. That was fairly easy to do when […]