Category Archives: faith

My Cute Kids Today

Monday,  December 14th 2015 So what if I can’t help it? Apparently they can’t help it either. So there.

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Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

Tuesday,  December 8th 2015   My doctor posited this question to me yesterday. It turns out -and this will come as a surprise to exactly no one who knows me- that my brain chemistry is “hyperactive.”  (I know right?)  This … Continue reading

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Darth Snowflake

December 2015 Re-introducing our new kitten… DARTH SNOWFLAKE.  Yep,  final answer,  that’s his name (and she’s a boy).     Having moved from Rolling Acres Farm in Ohio to the CircusKitchen condo in Cambridge, we were so lucky Auntie Liz … Continue reading

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Head Chef Paul

Monday,  December 7th 2015 The kids were so excited to get to school today to say hi to the NEW Head Chef,  their DAD! Gavin wrote his Daddy a personal note and headed for the food, while ClaraJane bee-lined right … Continue reading

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Sacred in Mundane – Kids Checkup

Friday,  December 4th 2015 Mainly because it’s a struggle for me to be interested in the topic,  I’m grateful to have finally gotten the kids back to the dentist. Also because Gavin has monster teeth (like his mother’s) growing in … Continue reading

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Gratitudes on Bomb Threat Day

Friday,  December 4th 2015 Or is it GUN threat day?  Yes,  today is a gun threat day,  it’s hard to keep track.  This is the 4th one in two weeks where are school system has received anonymous emails threatening mass … Continue reading

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Home Sweet Home Sweet Home

Sunday,  November 29th 2015 Ta da!  Arriving home from the best family visit imaginable, with the best souvenirs imaginable … sure feels good. The kids survived their ordeal being chauffeured through the night somehow: As for “souvenirs,” holy smokes.  Look … Continue reading

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Ohio Thanksgiving 2015: Family

Apres Thanksgiving 2015 Rolling Acres Farm,  Somerset Ohio Alas the whole reason we went to Ohio in the first place.  Here,  to help me kids sort them all out and remember who’s who in the foreseeable interim, they are. Grandpa … Continue reading

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Ohio Thanksgiving 2015: Horses

Friday, November 27th 2015   When you’re an “old” cowboy with a *huge* heart,  you get your grandkids up on a horse.  But first, breakfast.   Then, it’s off to the barn:   Saddle up: And git! Gavin tries out … Continue reading

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Ohio Thanksgiving 2015: We’re So There

Wednesday,  November 25th 2015 by Noon After making excellent time, we arrive in Somerset Ohio by noon.  We open the car doors and the kids fly out into the abounding farm scape. “Here Mamma I picked this for you.” “Little” … Continue reading

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