My first instinct is to apologize, but I’m not going to waste my breath. The truth is, most of you didn’t notice my absence and that’s completely okay. I stepped away from blogging for a bit to focus on my current work-in-progress and to assess...
Ya’ll, where did July even go? This was one crazy busy month for my family. Today I'm grateful for the opportunity to link up with Leigh Kramer for What I’m Into!Family and Friends . . .I think I spent at...
Spring is finally here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I was beginning to wonder if it would ever come. I think that happens to me every year—at least when we’ve had a long, cold winter. It’s been so good to get outside this past month in the...
A couple weeks ago, a rather misguided woman wrote a blogpost that went viral. (Please don't click on that link. It's already had enough hits!) I only (finally) heard about this post last week and I’m already sick of...
That's right. I haven't blogged all week. This is called blogging without obligation people. Someday I might feel more responsibility to blog regularly, but that day is not today. It just didn't happen this week. But here it is--Friday again! Another weekend. Nine days until...
A few weeks ago I said this to a friend. Actually, several friends, in several different conversations. Since Camilla was born, we have only camped a handful of times and every one of those times it was for one night in somebody's backyard. Breakfast was...
Ah! The hour or so after naptime and before dinner--not exactly my favorite time of day unless I remember to savor it. The boy usually needs a good long snuggle after he wakes from his nap. If I'm in the middle of making dinner, this...
Okay, I'm not going to apologize anymore. One of my sisters-in-law said I shouldn't, so I'm taking her advice. I'm just busy. I have two little kids and a ginormous house to keep relatively clean, as well as a huge yard and garden, a penchant for cooking...
I've been bickering with myself about what to write, so I just decided to dive in. If it seems a little scattered, well, it's all the more authentic I suppose. My Grandma died last Wednesday. Not altogether a surprise, but still a shock. When someone...
I've been sitting here on our leather sectional, drinking decaffeinated tea and waiting for my laptop to reboot. I was also staring at the tv screen with its floating song title and thinking that Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3 is very long . . . and then I realized...
