Just sent off our first mortgage payment for the house that we’re not even living in yet. It was a “Well, here we go. For the… Next. Thirty. Years. kind of feeling. A ‘I’ll be 56 when we get this paid off if we only pay the minimum. Likely a grandma, many times over.’ kind […]
Somebody check that man’s ears.
Liberty came out of their bedroom tonight with shorts and a tank top on, announcing she was going to wear that instead of sleeping in her panties like she has been doing (It’s about 90 degrees right now, at 9 pm.) because she sleeps next to a window and someone might see her. Blaine’s response […]
Pretty sure these children have one goal: embarrass Momma.
Yesterday I had an OB appointment. I was a little stunned when they told me that my next appointment in July will be my glucose test, and from there on out I’m on every two week appointments instead of every four weeks. You mommas out there know what that means. Eek! Anyway, the appointment. Or […]
Slightly sleep-deprived ramblings of the moment
I think the ticks don’t like me; not that I mind. The kids have each had a dozen or more on them by now, and I haven’t had any, even with the many hours I’ve spent in the grass. Strange? Stop contemplating? The great state in which we live, while Blaine assures me there are […]
Fireflies or lightning bugs?
On the way home last night, we drove past several fields all aglow with fireflies. Or lightning bugs. Whatever you want to call them. The conversation went a little like this: Me: “Look at all the lightning bugs in the fields!”Liberty: “Oh, there’s fireflies too!”Me: “Fireflies are lightning bugs. Same thing, different name.”Liberty: “Do lightning […]
Homeownership has been… well, so far mostly the downs of trying to get things ready to move in, but we’re loving it anyhow. The yard is awesome, the shop has Blaine quite pleased with his space to work in, and the fireflies are great fun for the kids. Yes, I know fireflies come out after […]
One memorable day – some memories better than others.
Yesterday, we closed on our house. Half an hour of signing our life away and handing over one very large (in my world, anyhow!) hard-earned check, and we have keys! We did that over Blaine’s lunch hour, then Blaine in his van and me in mine with the kids headed to lunch quick before Blaine […]
Random thoughts on a rainy day.
I made oatmeal for breakfast this morning. After the kids were done, all four, ages 20 months to 6 11/12ths years hopped up, scraped their bowls and put them in the dishwasher. A mother of eleven told me once, several years ago, that those were the hardest years. Now, a few years later, my olders […]
You know those people that have a nickname for their babies long before they are born? Peanut, squirt, munchkin, junior – you know. I’ve always wanted to have a name/sex determined long before birth, but it never happened. Two of our babies we knew the sex of – and those were the two we took […]
Happy May! It always seemed, growing up, like spring had arrived once May rolled around. Here, spring has arrived, say, the middle of March. I’ll take it. Everything is going well as far as the house goes. No big surprises; we’re actually ready to close. Inspections done, appraisal’s done, roof is re-shingled, financing is cleared. […]
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