No Such Luck

Well, I did not get selected for jury duty, so whoever is on trial this week can breathe a sigh of relief that my cold, heartless self will not be there to convict them. There’s always next week, though!
I was a little concerned about our carpet cleaning situation earlier today. I was trying a new [...]

Up With my Son, Before the Sun

Anthony was up at 5:45 today. That’s AM for those of you wondering. And for those of you who are not intimately familiar with my sleeping tendencies, that’s a solid 2 hours earlier than I would ever choose to get out of bed. I know that is probably horrifying for all of you early risers [...]

We’re Back

We got home today from our week-long vacation with David’s family. I am very happy to be home. Why do you always feel like you need a vacation after getting home from a vacation? Well, either a vacation or a padded room.
Thankfully the car ride home was decent. I had my doubts when we strapped [...]

Just Call Us the Clampett’s

Tomorrow we are heading up north for a vacation with David’s family. We rented a house on a lake, and will be gone for the entire week. It’s a combination of business and pleasure. For those of you who don’t know, David’s family owns a garbage company. His parents started it in 1979 and now [...]

The Harvest Continues

David wanted me to update you on his latest harvest.

Cucumbers and peppers. Aren’t the peppers pretty? There’s a green one, an orange one, and a chocolate one. We ate the orange one tonight. David and I hardly got any of it, though, because Madeline wolfed it down. That was after she ate almost half a [...]

The Farmer in the ‘Burbs

Yes, you all know David has his very own garden, right in the middle of our little suburban backyard. We live in a decently populated area, and backyard gardens are not necessarily commonplace. Especially in our neighborhood! Our backyard is not even large enough to house a swingset for the kids, so it’s a small [...]

Bay Beach

As I mentioned yesterday. Our family went up north to Bay Beach, which is a little amusement park in Green Bay. It’s got all sorts of fun carnival-type rides that are either 25 or 50 cents each. A much better deal than the last carnival we went to here in town where we calculated that [...]

Scrambled Brains

We’re back from our little family trip up North to Bay Beach. We had a great time that involved pony rides, big slides, swings, bumper cars, campers, thunderstorms, swimming pools, food drama…
and the Scrambler

I have no clue where Madeline gets her penchant for being overly dramatic.
Anyway, I don’t have time to do a nice, long [...]

Real Men Wear Pink

David’s lip is doing much better! In fact, when he woke up the following morning you would have never guessed that a fishing lure had been dangling from his upper lip mere hours earlier. He has what looks to be a tiny little cut where the lure used to be, but the swelling was all [...]

Laughter is the Best Medicine

And if laughter can’t cure it, it will at least make the doctor’s night while they fix it for you!
What am I talking about?
Well…
Yesterday, Steven and David decided they wanted to go fishing in the evening after dinner. I had told them a few times that I didn’t think there would be time, because I [...]