Since I was gone for six weeks this summer I missed a lot. One of the things that happened while I was gone was this: Ralph grew up! He’s bigger, of course you know that kids grow like weeds in the summer time. But it is more than that. Suddenly, Ralph can walk in the [...]
Colin writes me notes – and has, legible or not, since he could pick up a pencil. I find them here, there, and everywhere. He writes me love notes when he’s in a good mood, and he writes me “hate mail” when he’s mad: I don’t lick him either, unless, like, his face is really dirty or [...]
I’ve always wanted to be a vegetarian, but there’s one thing that stands in my way: I eat meat. I can’t help it. But there’s one meat that I don’t eat much of, and that’s pork. Why do I not eat much pork, you ask? Well … it’s because I’m afraid of it. Cured pork, [...]
We buy a lot of stuff in bulk. Important stuff that we consistently use a lot of, like butter sugar bacon toilet paper, baby wipes, and multivitamins. So we have a Sam’s Club membership, which is worth every penny of the $40 yearly fee – because, I mean, you never know when you’re gonna need [...]
We had so much fun yesterday!! The local Make-A-Wish chapter took a group of wish-kids and their families to meet the USAF Thunderbirds. What an adventure for me and eight children! We were required to park and take a special bus onto the base. Can you imagine me single handedly putting eight children, two diaper [...]
