No? Yeah, me neither. So instead of a real post (because I’m tired and trying to prep for the NAGC convention this weekend) here’s a picture of the leaves staging a violent coup in our front yard.
I grew up here. I distinctly remember the Blizzard of ’79, when we got nine feet of snow. I learned at the tender age of six that an ironing board is an acceptable parking-space holder, and that if you ignored …
I’d like to speak to all the young women out there, perusing these ramblings of a middle aged young at heart homeschooling mom. I’m sure you’re out there, reading about my life of quiet desperation supreme awesomeness, so I’m going to share …
The month’s theme: Once More Into the Breach. Today is the first day of November, which marks the return of two delightful things in my life: Peppermint Mochas at Starbucks (oooh, imagine my surprise and delight this morning!…and should not …
Once upon a long time ago I wrote a post titled The Sisterhood of Sons. It kept going through my head this afternoon as four OH MY GOD LOOK SOMETHING SHINY LET’S PLAY WITH THE WALKIE TALKIES C’MERE I WANNA …
Right before NaBloPoMo started, I sat down at MacDreamy2 and planned out different topics on which to write. I even have a nifty little plug-in here, where I can stick posts on a calendar, so I can see at a …
Seriously, I can’t make this stuff up. No one would believe me. This is an actual conversation A and I had this morning as I was trying to make breakfast. I had overslept and was only 2.137 sips of coffee …
Thank God It’s Election Day. Finally. I can plug my phone back in, unmute the telly, and quit building bonfires with the political fliers that come in the mail. I’m out of marshmallows and didn’t want to go get more. …
School is over. Summer break has begun. In the last six days we have driven over 900 miles through three states, endured a wedding, and are still speaking to one another. We’re in Chicago now visiting my parents and playing …
Made it. Kinda sorta almost entirely barely. But look at that little calendar there! Full of oranged-out dates, full of posts. Good to see. NaBloPoMo 2009 is done. And while I’ve mostly loved it, there were a few days where …
