We burn wood for heat. Come about now, when the heat is enough to make Sterling question why on earth we’re cutting wood for heat, we start cutting for next winter. So when Blaine read a CraigsList ad from a family who had a bunch of trees that need to come down, we started on […]
Stink.
Yesterday during the worship service at church Charlie thrust her little finger in the air and said, “THAT came out of MY NOSE!” Watch me sink into the pew just a bit and pretend that didn’t just happen. Pierce is fully pee-trained. It’s going fabulously. (Well, except for when Daddy gave him chocolate milk and […]
Never mind.
While at my parents, I learned to use their zero-turn lawnmower. Once I got the hang of it, it was pretty cool. So fast! So when I got back home and was working on the lawn Saturday, I had the momentary thought. “Man, this would go so much faster with a zero-turn mower instead of […]
These are a few of my favorite things…
Clotheslines sagging with clean drying diapers over freshly mowed grass (and dogs that photo-bomb), little boys making mud pies and the fruits of their labors, has-been hair do’s that aren’t anymore… Flowering chives and buzzing bees, and sisters pooling their talents for birthday present pictures, promises of sweet things to come, brilliant blue eyes and […]
Some things you just can’t write on a blog. It’s really strange. My life is often laid out before you, and yet, a lot of it you can’t see. I tell you only what I want you to know. Today, it’s one of those days. Life is really hard right now. Yesterday was one of […]
Tuesday jumble.
You know those weeks when you feel like you just can’t handle much more? I’ve had one of those. And it’s only Tuesday. I’ve doled out far more discipline lately than I ever cared to. Come to think of it, that’s always true, no matter how many reprimands I have to make. It’s not a […]
Well, then.
May 3, 2013. The garden, some of it planted. Southwest Missouri. The picnic table we ate supper on just two days ago. The lawn I’ve mowed four times now. The lilacs are in full bloom. Something is wrong with this picture.
A day in the life: Wednesday
Yesterday I ran out of gas in the lawn mower. I had it straddling the ditch, stuck, one tire in the air, another in the mud, and the mower died. I couldn’t have planned that if I’d tried. My kids now know what the N means on the shift column. Important lessons, folks. I managed […]
Goodbye, Monday. You’ve been swell.
Saturday, I went to the community rummage sales down the road from us. Got some good deals, nothing fabulous, but at the end of my morning out, I parked on the hill at a sale, and when I opened the door of the van, the wind caught it. I didn’t think a whole lot of […]
Things I wish I knew 10 years ago.
As we wrap up our school year, (Ours goes May-April. I don’t really know why. It’s just the way it started years ago and here we are.) life gets a little easier. With many subjects finished for the year, our school days are shorter and the weather outside is nicer. It makes for a cleaner […]