Raising Joseph

I think I overdid it. Like usual. I planted all 72 plugs with seeds...and every single one germinated. I think I will be giving away baby...

Ever notice how a memory that doesn't really exist can seem so powerful, even if you KNOW you were there, but you just can't remembe...

How many of you forgot to spring the clock forward? I did...of course. I feel like I have lost half of my Sunday morning! (yes - I realize t...

I started a new batch of wine last week. A French Sauvignon Blanc. It is very sweet-smelling right now. And it is bubbling away in the ba...

Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE Ann Arbor? Not just because I work downtown now. Not just because I work FOR the City now. Not just be...

How can one be lonely, yet happy?    It’s not that I AM lonely…but right now, I am alone.  But, I don’t think that it is necessarily a bad t...

Our lives have been busy for the past few months, and I have not been doing any decent job keeping things caught up with photos, etc. So - I...

I am in transition.  I am changing the way I look at things.  I have been a pessimist for way too long.  I can pinpoint the day I became a p...

Wow. I always pride myself on being prepared for the Holidays. Gifts are usually purchased throughout the year, and they are wrapped durin...

Sorry to not have posted in so long.  Life has gotten too busy for me to be me.  Seriously.  and I'm stressed out about alot of things -...

Things here are hectic for me.  I’m working a lot, and don’t have much time for myself.  I know this is a bad thing…I need to learn to say...

This past weekend my boys went to Mackinac Island for a boys weekend.  They swam in the pool, took the ferry to the Island (under the bridge...

So, I previously about Joseph getting his library card...and now, I can proudly say he is reading chapter books, and really getting into the...

I am worried.  I am freaking out.  I had to bring Dax to the vet last night.  Again.  Sigh. She has a growth on her back that won’t go a...

It's a rainy day, and I feel like there are a million things that I want to get done - most of them being outside though. Instead - Litt...

Yumm!!! mixture 1: 2 packages of frozen butternut squash (or roast a big one in the oven) - thawed 1/4 tsp. nutmeg (or more...I used 1/2 tsp...

I keep saying that I will get back to blogging, and then I never do. My life is very busy right now, and I am trying to figure out what is ...

I could shoot the dog right now. After waiting for 6 weeks for the most perfect luscious Purple Cherokee heirloom tomato to ripen in my ga...

Is it strange that I dreamed I was taking my PE Exam for Civil Engineering…and when I opened the booklet, all the correct answers were wri...

Things are hectic.  I’m trying to figure out life.    Quick recap: We went to Minnesota. (Joseph loves tubing…and loves his Minnesot...