Category Archives: News a la Familia

That Will Be OMSI Tickets for Two Adults and Ten Kids, Please

We have six kids. That fact alone prompts stares virtually anytime we venture out with the whole group, but this week my charming nieces and nephews are in town from Florida, so Thursday evening we had the four of them spend the night with our six kiddos and then Friday we took all ten children [...]

Blog Guilt, Biz Closure, Homeschool, and Near Death (Just a Few Little Things….)

Wow, it’s been five months since I last posted. Grandpa, I’m so sorry! (My Grandpa regularly comments on how much he likes hearing all the family news since they live in AZ). So, here’s the quick update for the three of you who don’t know: Thanks to el crappo economo, my website business started tanking [...]

Shin Guards and Binomial Nomenclature

Church softball season has started up and I’m on the team again this year. Two years ago was my first season since high school (and we won’t discuss how long ago that was), and I had soooo much fun. Last year Henry was just a teeny tiny so I sat the season out. Last Thursday [...]

Gardening, Part Deux

Planting complete! And now, pictures. Must have something to prove (to myself) that I actually did plant a garden. You know, just in case it all dies. I like to think positive. The side garden box Gardening is so much more fun when your big sister helps you! Blue-eyed Trinity Flower (also a few other [...]

Square Foot Gardening

My green thumb, or the Black Thumb of Death as I like to call it, began its hibernation faze when I was about fifteen and has yet to really recover. This was the year after I planted a huge garden in my longsuffering parents’ backyard and then promptly discovered how much I loathe weeding. But [...]

Sick Day

Well, this week we are practicing our epidemiology lesson. If, say, a baby boy gets sick and feels so lousy that he wants his Mother to hold and comfort him while he coughs germs all over her face for several days in a row, she will undoubtedly get sick. This was the premise of last [...]

And For My Next Miracle… The Exploding Brain!

Oh, my brain is fried. Happily, it isn’t really required for the laundry folding that I have to do this evening. I’m still working a gazillion hours on web stuff, and I will be so happy when it’s pinned down and I can move on to something else. Today my big project was revamping the [...]

Busy, Busy, Busy

You know, I think I like this getting up at six thing. Since I’ve never been a morning person and have a long track record of scowling at silly people who are cheerful before the sunrise, I thought this adjustment would be much harder than it is. On the other hand, this month is website [...]

Two Weeks and Counting

Gak! Do you realize that Christmas is two weeks from Thursday? Ack! I was feeling all organized because most of my Christmas shopping is done and almost everything that isn’t for the kids is wrapped. But our cards aren’t done, my letter isn’t written, George hasn’t taken the picture or figured out what he’s going [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! We had ours tonight (Wednesday) as is our usual custom, and then our van went kablooie on the way home, which has also been our usual custom as of late. Blurg! Our half an hour return trip became an hour and a half return trip requiring a mere two stops to the side [...]

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