I mentioned in a previous post, when my “Memommy” died, that my mother’s father had been killed when she was a teenager. Since then, Mom has been thinking a lot about that time and what she could and couldn’t remember of it, and decided to write it all down. She ended up with a nice article that we have encouraged her to submit to the...

Check out this great deal on a multi-colored canvas organizer. The whole shelf/canvas bin set for just $13.95! I just ordered one. I’ve seen these at Target, and thought they were nice, but this is definitely a better price. (P.S., as my mom pointed out to me, it’s smaller than it looks in the...

I’ve discovered a new blog y’all might like, and in the process have entered a writing contest.  The contest is for posts about childhood memories, so I entered my post about memories of visiting my grandparents’ house as a child.  I don’t expect to even come close to winning, of course, but I thought my post fit the topic well anyway.  The...

Jack is a kissin’ fool nowadays.  Here he is leaning in to give his friend Steph a kiss on the cheek.  Now if I could just teach him to pucker!

The mall the nearest our home has built one of those indoor rubberized playgrounds, so during the winter we have made several trips there so Jack can have a good time and burn off some of that pent up energy. Since we didn’t have Emily with us last week, we were able to get out more easily, and Thursday we made it to the playground. When it was within sight,...