Last Sunday we went to the mission farewell and to the open house for my son’s best friend. J (soon to be Elder J) is leaving on his mission in less than a week. Two interesting things happened at the open house: I ate too many mint brownies. (Mmmm.) My son and his friends made [...]
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What’s In Your Bucket?
Posted in Life's Lessons, tagged brownies, Life's Lessons, missions, plans on March 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Do You Like My Party Hat?
Posted in Animal Farm, Life's Lessons, tagged birthday parties, dogs on February 11, 2010 | 11 Comments »
In theory, I’m aware that dogs are not people. I have yet to put clothes on my dogs, or have dog birthday parties. Okay, that was someone else’s birthday. A human person’s birthday. (I confess that I have been invited to a dog birthday party next week. And I am probably going. But I will [...]
Life is Like A Broccoli Smoothie
Posted in Life's Lessons, What's for Dinner, tagged broccoli, chocolate, Haiti, smoothies on February 2, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Every time my son gets his braces tightened, his jaw hurts and he can’t eat solid food. So, he makes smoothies. While pulling ingredients out of the freezer for his liquid meal, he stumbled across a package of frozen broccoli. He dumped some of the green vegetables into the blender, along with the berries and [...]
The Great Pumpkin Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Posted in Life's Lessons, tagged abstract art, Halloween, Halloween costumes, sewing on October 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
For Halloween, our family loves to decorate. Notice this frightening display on our front porch: Scary. Doesn’t it give you chills? But wait. There’s more. Okay. These are not Halloween decorations. These are plants I haven’t watered since early September. My bad. Usually, though, by this time of the year, I’ve replaced the dead plants [...]
Marching to the Beat of the Same Drummer
Posted in Life's Lessons, tagged cleaning, marching band, teenagers on October 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last Tuesday night we sat in the drizzling rain and watched my 15 year old son’s high school marching band perform at a regional competition. They were awesome. Their formations were tight, their knees were not bent, and their pants were hemmed to the appropriate length (high enough to not get wet in a flood). [...]
A Tribute
Posted in Life's Lessons, tagged life, marching band, teenagers on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How do you thank someone who performed the ultimate sacrifice? How can words express gratitude for someone who gave up her life to save others? It’s impossible. My 15 year old son’s best friend (M) from junior high was in a bus crash over the weekend. M’s bus was coming back from a marching band [...]
5 Reasons to Keep Blogging
Posted in Animal Farm, How (Not) To Do Stuff, Life's Lessons, Trials of Blogging, tagged apples, blogging, canning, college, dogs, humor, life, pets on September 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Anyone who blogs knows how hard it is to keep writing good content consistently. But take heart—there are reasons to keep on blogging. Well, at least five for me, anyway: 1.) So that my son, who is in college, has something to read during biology class. My son was “fortunate” enough to enroll in a [...]
Don’t Judge A Facebook By Its Cover
Posted in Life's Lessons, tagged Facebook, humor, life, siblings, Star Wars on February 27, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Would you like to brighten a blogger’s day? Then send a message like the one I got from my brother: “Just a short email to let you know that I love your Blog….Keep up the good work and don’t eat too many sweets!” This brother is my favorite brother, and I’d say that even if [...]
Lather, Rinse, Recycle
Posted in Life's Lessons, tagged graduation, high school, humor, life, recycling, teenagers on January 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »
My 17 year old knows where he wants to go to college, but he doesn’t know what he wants to study. The other night, though, he made an important decision concerning his future. He said, “I’m going to be Batman.” I’ve heard that’s a difficult major. The “Leap From Tall Buildings Using A Tool From [...]
Just Picking Nits
Posted in Life's Lessons, tagged broken bones, lice, nits, skiing, snow, snowboarding, teenagers on January 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
When my 16 year old son was in first grade, I got a call from his elementary school teacher. She said, “Your son fell off the monkey bars and hurt his leg. I think you need to come get him.” I (as compassionate as always) said, “There’s half an hour left of school. Can’t he [...]
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