This is a rather scary summer in some ways. We have been invited to two weddings. Both of the brides are girls who are HSs age. Yeah, I know they’re college graduates and all, but they’re no older than my baby boy!
Since we really don’t see much of these girls any more and know one [...]
Even if you’ve almost finished that cup of coffee when it’s time to leave the bagel shop, you might want to get a lid for it.
Failing that, you might want to avoid taking a sip when the driver of the car you’re in approaches a stoplight.
Failing that, you might want to keep an extra shirt handy.
HS left early this morning for his third summer of traveling around the country.
BD’s on an extended field trip today, so we will have to pick her up at school and race to her field hockey game this evening. Good thing she’s an expert at changing clothes in the car.
The battery on the lawn tractor died [...]
Remember when Bootsies caught that mouse?
I didn’t tell the whole story. The mouse was still alive, and I grabbed a shoebox and tried to catch it myself. I hadn’t made up my mind what to do with it once I caught it, but that became a moot point when the critter escaped.
Which meant he was still in [...]
We have been talking about replacing the storage shed in our back yard. It’s an 18 foot long barn style building that’s become pretty decrepit.
So this week, my father-in-law tore it down, with a little help from HS, Mr. B and my mother-in-law. I’ve kept myself out of the way.
Have I mentioned that Pop is [...]
The lie in this post was #3.
I have never broken a bone. I did however, fall as described and sprain my thumb so severely that I had it x-rayed. I may have jumped the gun a bit because Mr. B had also fallen at church a few weeks before. It took him several days to realize that [...]
My in-laws are in town, having come down for HS’s graduation.
My father-in-law, an avid fisherman, made his last wishes known to us.
“Don’t ever put me in a home,” he said. “Just prop me up against a tree near the water. When I get too tired to stay upright, I’ll fall in and let the fish have [...]
I can’t possibly be the mother of a college graduate. But apparently I am.
UPDATE: Welcome, Michele’s readers! For those of you who are new to this site and want to see what an English major looks like, you can see a photo at this post about another recent accomplishment.
I stole this one from Busy Mom, though I’ve seen it around before.
Tell 9 truths and one lie about yourself. Which is kind of hard if I exclude My 100 Things.
1. I was born several days late but weighed less than 5 pounds.
2. HS and I rarely use up our combined cell phone minutes each [...]
I’m so proud of our baby girl. You know how you sometimes spot a real talent in a youngster during playtime, and wonder if that talent will ever be applied in real life? Well, in this case, it did.
Bootsies caught her first mouse yesterday.
Fortunately for you, I don’t have a picture of the real thing. [...]
