Jack has adjusted well to our new home. It didn’t really phase him, it seems, expect for a couple of days in which he refused to take a nap. I’m finding it to be a little more challenging, being alone with the two kids much of the day, so it’s always nice when Mom comes over. Jack has learned the Toddler Rules of Ownership: 1. If I like it,...

You’ve heard of a milk mustache… this is a spaghetti beard.

After over a week of hauling boxes and clothes and junk we almost have everything over here at the new place. Some pictures are hung, and lots of stuff has been thrown out or given to Kidney Foundation. It’s been nice to de-junk a little bit. I figure if we’ve been hauling it around with us since we’ve been married and haven’t used it, we...

Finally, after 2 years of relying on the kindness of my wonderful parents we are moving into an apartment. Mark has a full time job, and we are grateful to have found an affordable place that is very nice, and only a couple of miles from the house. It even has a pond in the back where Mark can fish (they’ve stocked it) and Jack can enjoy watch the geese and...

Check it out – I’ve been interviewed on a website called SheUnlimited. Try not to laugh.

Well, Jack survived this month with no major injury, which I am very thankful for. He nearly bit through his lip, just about had his eye put out as a container with a sharp corner fell on him, fell down the stairs twice… you get the picture. The second time he fell down the stairs he was trying to walk down them wearing my mother’s shoes he had pilfered...

Since Mom has been retired, she’s been doing some deep cleaning in the house including taking the ceiling fan blades down in the kitchen and rediscovering their true color under the grease that inevitably accumulates, and of course the yucky job of cleaning windows. She asked for a recipe for window cleaner using vinegar, and we found a great one: 2 cups...