1. Though both Weber and I travelled a fair amount during our first marriages, neither of us had a honeymoon.DECISION: We would definitely have a honeymoon. 2. We wanted to go someplace that neither of us had been before. Had to be somewhere in the continental U.S. because we are responsible for and had to be easily available to the Offspring. We both preferred mountains to beaches. We have both been to the mountains in the western part of the…
A little over a week ago I was concerned with things like punch bowls, flowers and the fact that I could not have a cookie or a handful of M&Ms every time I wanted to and still zip my wedding dress that was fitted a few months ago. I am happy to say that the punch found its way to a bowl, the flowers, which Erin requested be sunflowers mixed with the blue that Weber and I wanted, were perfect,…
Someone once explained ADD to me as the experience of watching TV with the channels changing every few seconds so that the world seems to be a collection of unrelated pictures where nothing makes sense. For the past two weeks, I have felt like I have been placed in an intentional state of ADD. As I have said before, I really don’t like multitasking. Unfortunately, being one with any single task lately has not been an option; too many things…
I am not a shopper. Really what I mean is that I am not much of a recreational shopper. I don’t like walking the mall “just for fun”. (Surfing the Internet is a whole different story, but we won’t go there right now.) My attitude about shopping is fueled by the realization that the stores are filled with tons of stuff that nobody needs – gadgets that claim to make tasks that most of us never do easier, clothes that…
Many of the posts on this blog have been words of thanksgiving for the blessings that I have received in and through my two children. They are successful, happy and healthy kids. Sure, childhood has dealt them a few what seems in our society to be “rough days” – not enough sleep, too much homework, nagging parents, and broccoli for dinner. And they have also had days where their health has not been one hundred percent – ear infections, broken…
Today is June 9, 2010. How did that happen? Only a few days ago it was December 23rd . . .1992 and I was giving birth to my youngest daughter. And now, somehow she is five days beyond her high school graduation. My baby graduated as a co-valedictorian of her high school class. She looked so grown up and confident when she was standing in the middle of the huge college coliseum addressing her classmates and their families. Again I…
In my last post you read my perspective on our current remodeling project. Here is Weber’s side of the story. I received this today while I was reading the paper. It is rather serendipitous (or not) that I had just read the “Love is” cartoon for the day – “Love is at the heart of a home.” As you have read, Kris and I are moving into “the old homestead”, as it were. It was my parent’s house and it…
In 2000, Mike and I sold our “starter” home. We had lived there for fifteen years. Both our children were born while we lived there. They celebrated their first Christmases, first birthdays, first days of school, first broken bones chicken pox, and all the other firsts that occur in the early years of a child’s life while living there. In 2000, we decided that it was time to move to a bigger home. We designed and built a house out…
I have an iPhone. I am not necessarily proud of having partaken of that indulgence, but I would be lying if I didn’t admit that I am grateful to have it. My iPhone keeps me in constant contact with family, friends, and students. The text messages that pop up with “I love you!” at random times of the day and the “How’s it going”, even the “What’s for dinner?” let me know that someone is thinking about me in the…
Despite the often quite vocal pleas for independence, here is proof that teenagers still want to be our babies. No matter how old or how big they get, we will always remember them as being our babies. Happy Mother’s Day to all!