Happy Birthday Mackenzie! She stares at me with unnerving focus. I know she doesn’t understand the words, but she really looks like she is trying to figure me out. I look away sheepishly. I love infants, and a birthday party for a one year old is just too good to pass up. They have such […]

I haven’t even picked out a Halloween costume, and it has already snowed. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for winter weather as long as all the trappings come along with it, like hot chocolate, warm muffins, and snuggly pajamas. We only got about a quarter of an inch, and it was gone in […]

This past weekend was the Fouth of July, and we are getting a new appreciation for staying at home. Everywhere we go, traffic, crowds, and delays make us question our ideas of fun activities. We recently decided to check out the beaches on the lake. We were prepared for crowds on the beach, but we […]

I realized that we had officially become settled in just the other day. It was time to mop. I don’t mind household chores, but mopping this apartment is a different thing. With hardwood and tile floors throughout, every room needs mopping. Now I know it is not a technically challenging duty, but trying to negotiate […]

Big truck full of stuff we couldn’t part with, his Explorer on a trailor, and twelve hours with a cat in the cab. Then, four floors of up, up, and up. Don’t wonder why we haven’t kept this updated. We are just now catching our breath, getting Internet, and trying to get the gas turned […]