I haven't really been much in into posting in lately ( Read more... )

So this fall we agreed to do a basement remodel ( Read more... )

I have reached this place lately... where I just don't worry or get as upset about choices that people make. I am not sure if I am getting older, or just more comfortable with myself. I have friends that do things entirely different than I, that do not get along with each other, that make choices that will make other parts of their life very ( Read more... )

So... it's a silly little thing...but it's been on my mind. I am a terrible shopper. I hate shopping. I work hard to manage my food so that we don't waste anything, eat well, and stay on diet. It's been challenge lately because we have been having kids over all the time, and never sure how many we are having for dinner... Today we just ( Read more... )

I went to scaracon the first weekend in September, my first road trip with Becca, and met up with the Syracuse group and spent the weekend at turning stone, and my first con, and my first time in steam punk all weekend. I was in a fashion show, attended seminars, and generally enjoyed myself greatly. I even helped out "doing steam punk on a ( Read more... )

Each fall we begin the tragic transition from free time to no time. And we go from sleeping to when we wake up to in bed by 8:30pm. Right now my husband and daughter are asleep ( Read more... )

I was hurt at work. I received a concussion. The first one that I have had in many many years, and definitely the first one that I was "paid" for ( Read more... )

So it's known, we lost my dear Samoyed to a battle of old age on August 22. It's my first brush with death, or should I say, watching a creature actually die in my hands. We put her down because she couldn't walk, and didn't eat anymore, and simply had just about given up. My other two dogs had been sitting vigil with her for a few weeks before ( Read more... )

Hannah is home from camp. She had an amazing time, and the staff seemed to really like her as well. I got to meet her horse, not to mention hear the excitement in her voice when I arrived to pick her up. After a few homesick cards, and some great online pictures I wasn't sure how she would do. Saying that, she loved it. She is very calm now, and ( Read more... )

I am a person that has been raising and taking care of children since I was 5 years of age ( Read more... )