Posted in Family on Aug 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
I got a call on my cell phone several hours ago from my mother. I debated whether or not to answer it, because we were in the car and about to pick up our kids from a friend’s house. But I answered, figuring I could just say a quick hello, then call her back later.
So [...]
Posted in Family, Fun Pile, Travel on Jun 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
It is June 5th, and I’m wearing jeans, socks, a sweater, and I turned my heat on for a couple hours today just to take the edge off. Yesterday the kids asked for hot chocolate, my seeds are not sprouting in the garden, and I’m sick of being cold.
So you know what? I’m giving [...]
Posted in Family, Food & Drink on Jan 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
This weekend my dad and step mom came over for dinner to celebrate Christmas since we were gone for so long over the holidays. We had a great time, and after dinner and presents Bryan challenged my dad to a bowling match on the Wii. Turns out my dad and step mom are [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Jan 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
We spent New Year’s Eve at my BIL’s house, and my SIL mentioned something about watching cage fighting over the weekend while we were gone. I’ve known my BIL has been into cage fighting for years, so this prompted me to ask the question of whether she was into it because HE was into it, [...]
Posted in Bryan, Family, Travel on Jan 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
A few days ago we drove the kids through the neighborhood Bryan grew up in. I’ve seen it all before, but it was fun to take the kids - especially Ruthie, who seems to have understood these were places Daddy was when he was little like her.
This is Bryan’s Grandma’s house, now owned and [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Dec 30th, 2007 No Comments »
We are spending the weekend with my brother, his wife, and my seven year old nephew - about two hours away from Bryan’s family. We started off the weekend by playing Guitar Hero for about two hours, which, I have to say, is the only video game I have been able to beat my [...]
Posted in Family, Picture Book on Dec 25th, 2007 3 Comments »
Posted in Family, Picture Book, Ruthie on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in Family, Travel on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Somehow I’ve managed to maintain my current weight this week even though every flat surface in this house is covered with something sugared or baked. I mean, for cryin’ out loud! I nibble a little here, and I nibble a little there, but for the most part I have avoided a full throttle gorge. [...]
Posted in Family on Dec 7th, 2007 No Comments »
This is Rodica. She’s an eighteen-year-old girl from Moldova (it borders Romania - I had to look it up) that my brother-in-law, Dave, met on one of his many trips to Moldova/Romania. He makes several trips a year there through a missions organization, and often takes groups of kids there from the college [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Nov 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
I am back from the land of Maxwell House coffee. My sister actually told the couple who served us the rehearsal dinner, “Could you please make the coffee a little more like coffee house coffee, and a little less like church coffee?” I appreciated her effort, because strong Maxwell House coffee is much [...]
Posted in Family, Fun Pile on Jul 5th, 2007 No Comments »
On the 4th we drove North to Bellingham where my dad has a condo on Lake Whatcom. The weather was beautiful, the kids were great, and the food was yummy. And there was plenty of laziness going around for everyone to enjoy.
That night I drove home, and around 10pm we were [...]
Posted in Family, Things on Jun 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I love to watch Conan O’Brien, so when I visit family in the Midwest I love to watch him consequence-free because prime time television programing begins one hour earlier there than here in Seattle.
As my mom channel surfed one night, she happened to land on NBC just as his show was beginning, and I squealed [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Jun 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
Posted in Family, Travel on Jun 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
I survived a three hour flight to Minnesota with the kids Friday night despite the fact that our Northwest Airlines flight was delayed TWO HOURS. Never did I think a flight would be delayed TWO HOURS – twenty minutes, maybe, but TWO HOURS did not cross my mind – so the kids and I [...]