Bookworm

I do not believe this to be true. When my parents moved to Scandia there were two established families down the country dirt road from us. One family, older than my parents, had a set of boys younger than my brother and I. The couple across the road, my parent’s age, had a girl and […]

Resolutions

First, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I love a good New Year, not so much the celebration with strangers over too many drinks BUT the fresh start and resolution portion is what I like the best. Do you set intentions or resolutions? I’ve been setting resolutions for years and I’m one of the few that keep them. […]

Pilot Lights

The pilot light on our fireplace went out. My hubs took the panel off and attempted to ignite it. The continuing button pushing wasn’t sparking anything. It was about this time that I overheard a conversation on TV. A couple female friends were in an argument and a third party asked one of the females […]

Snipe Hunting

Did you ever go snipe hunting as a kid? It seems like snipe hunting is a rite of passage from little kid to pre-teen. In fact, snipe hunting was such an incredible memory for my husband, he couldn’t WAIT to take our kids snipe hunting. The time seemed right years ago when the boys had […]

Marriage Material

I did a thing last weekend. I married my friends. Illegally. They don’t know…so don’t tell them. ********************* I’ve never cared for textbooks. The layouts don’t make sense to me. Why would you put important points in a standalone box and then expect people to read the entire page? For whatever reason I have trained […]

Shattered

Have you ever had those days where nothing seems to go right and it’s just spiraling downward? A ‘when it rains it pours’ kind of days…Saturday could have been one of those days. **************** Over the weekend my phone got run over. It wasn’t run over by me, but I had front row seats and […]