Category Archives: Life

With strangely extended cold weather, this was a summer that seemed would never really arrive. Now that the fourth has come and gone it feels like summer is really here and that it will too soon fade. My flowers and … Continue reading →

It was a night like any other night. Late. Pushing computer time to its limit.  I shut down, and proceeded through the necessary bedtime routines.  I grabbed a warm wash rag and spritzed face wash onto it. While washing my … Continue reading →

This afternoon my fifteen year old popped his head into the room and announced, "we got a lemonade last night." I hadn’t yet talked to him about the creative birthday party he and his friends had done last night, and … Continue reading →

My daughter’s reaction when I told her I was blogging about our day…priceless. ___________________________________ Mini vans are not just for soccer moms. They’re for shopping moms too.   Now, my son#2, is a wonder on the mall field. As soon … Continue reading →

Today I bought, my-grandmother’s-laundry-room-in-a-jar.  Nine dollars and ninety-nine cents.  It’s a scented candle by Yankee called, "Summer Fresh". Somehow the smell of this candle instantly transports me back to my grandmother’s laundry room. She must have had laundry products that … Continue reading →

Sometimes life just spills onto the cement. my knee can tell you that it happened to me this morning.   It was fast and swift, I didn’t know I was spilling until impact. The neighbors were out enjoying the sun … Continue reading →