Easter weekend brought some of the nicest weather we’ve had this spring. About time, I say! It’s just nice to be outside. The weekend flew by, though. Visiting, cooking, baking, egg decorating, Easter basket rummaging, driving, hiking, bike riding. When there are a lot of “ings” involved, time seems to […]

Oh, that’s right. It was mine! Next time? Slap me. 75-degree heat is not the most comfortable environment for tromping around between dried-out husks of corn in a 5-acre maze. It seemed like a lot of fun for the first 10 minutes or so. Until the sweat started running down […]

Here they are again! I remember when I met these girls and their brother. They were practically toddlers. The youngest will be graduating from high school next year. Egads! Devin found them to be charming, of course. How could he not?

For starters, the weather was amazing. Sunshine, breezes, mild temps. Spring. Le sigh. Devin and I drove down to my mom’s in Kalamazoo to hang out for a couple of days. We spent a lot of time outside, of course, including a trip to the Portage Creek Bicentennial Park, where […]

This doesn’t happen all that often. And it only happened tonight because Devin’s daycare teacher requested we turn them in this week for a book they’re making. When the pressure’s on, we deliver! It’s always tons easier when the kid gets to take the photo too. He loves that handy […]

Well, the fun had to come to an end at some point. The ornament stash is about complete. We’d agreed to send them out around Thanksgiving so that we could get them on our trees. So I expect to see only a couple more showing up in the mailbox this […]

Another ornament-only post because I’m incredibly tired and want very much to snuggle under my flannel sheets and down comforter. Is that too selfish, I ask? I have many, many, many ornaments. I’ve photographed most of them, but the mailbox continues to spew forth. It is happy making. From Kim […]

The mailbox has been stuffed daily with goodies. I cannot keep up! So much craftiness and holiday love from my fellow mommas! From Keet in Philly… Siobhan in NY… Jessamyn in Chicago… Marni in Halifax…

Yes, yes, I know. Thanksgiving is still a week away. So why begin peppering my blog with Christmas decorations? Because my mom’s group is doing an ornament exchange and the goodies have already turned up in my mailbox. Oh, joy! The first one is from Barbara in Massachusetts, patterned on […]

He made this bouquet himself. Told me which flowers to cut before I pulled the poor things out of the ground. I can’t believe they’re still alive. My mom and her dude came up today and now we have a new toilet (hooray!), a cleaned-up back yard, and a tidy […]

Weekend was fun! Walked around the outlet mall on Saturday. Walked around Antioch on Sunday. Walked around the Chicago Botanic Garden on Monday. Walked, walked, walked, walked around downtown on Monday as well. I have blisters. Sigh. It was great to catch up with Renee and Viv and to just […]