Thirteen-year-old girls live in two different worlds...Partly, a thirteen-year-old is still a child...Everything is drama to her. She feels things ten times more than a fifteen-year-old girl, or a ten-year-old...The knowledge thirteen-year-old girls carry comes from a whole different galaxy: from other sense besides the accustomed five, or maybe the heightened acuity of those five... Continue Reading →
Never say never
This week I am watching another little guy. He is a few months younger than Holden. Before this week, I have been bothering Stephen, saying, "have we really closed the door on having a third child?" not because I want to have one right now, but because maybe one day I will and there isn't... Continue Reading →
Man of character
You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it!~"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee WilliamsOne thing that most young people who fall in love don't do is think... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Lists
The other night Steve and I made our top 10 celebrity crush lists, as if we were bored high school kids. Here's what we came up with: Then I got really carried away and decided to make all sorts of top ten lists. Here are my top ten fiction books (had to specify a genre because... Continue Reading →
Family pictures
We have the pleasure of knowing an excellent photographer. Her boys are friends of ours. She doesn't live here, so when she comes to visit, I solicit her for some pictures, even though it is her holiday with her family and she obliges. She is a kind-hearted person.I didn't have a single picture of my... Continue Reading →
misery loves company
I rarely get sick. Seriously - I"ll get a sore throat here and there, maybe some sniffles or a migraine, but I'm rarely out of commission. In fact, the only sick day I ever took off of work was for Tucker when he was puking all over the place.But starting Wednesday night, I felt a... Continue Reading →
Just rosy
I will paraphrase yesterday's blog post with this:Can you believe Steve still sends me flowers after Valentine's Day?We just celebrated eight years of wedded bliss (most of the time). Take that, seven-year itch!
slow down
Last Saturday, after crossing the finish line and posing for endless obligatory pictures, I just wanted to go back to Puyallup. I hadn't seen my baby in two days, hadn't slept much in three days, and had tunnel vision - hoping to get to tomorrow today. This is actually a problem for me all the... Continue Reading →
dentist visit
I went to the dentist yesterday. I do so enjoy my dentist visits (seriously). I took Brandon with me this time since next year he will be sitting in the dentist chair. I wanted to show him it wasn't scary. I guess I didn't account for what he would do while I was in the... Continue Reading →
garage sale
I spent the majority of last week on our garage sale. These things are all-consuming, I tell you what. But it paid off - somehow, from just getting rid of the junk our house had accumulated, we made $500. And we're very pleased with the extra space in our basement and garage. Now I just... Continue Reading →
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