Outside: wind and rain.
On the stove: two pots. One boiling chicken for tonight’s Chicken and Dumplings, the other with the rest of the chicken and some vegetables for stock and Chicken Noodle Soup later on.
Open on the table: three lovely cookbooks. The Joy of Cooking and The Art of Simple Food, both on loan  from [...]

Yes, we’re having a garage sale tomorrow. Can you hear me screaming? There’s no possibly way we can make enough money to combat the amount of work I’ve put into this. No. Possible. Way.
I just pulled out all the baby gear from the garage to give it a wipe down, only to find that it [...]

Thanks to those of you who checked in on us and left your kind wishes. I did get it too. But my body at least held off until the morning, allowing me to run back and forth between bedrooms for the duration of the night. For the three of us the illness lasted only 12 [...]

Sam’s school hosted a small fundraiser tonight. I had big plans to put up some video of him and his class doing their little song for the rest of the group. I should know better than to pre-blog anything in my head. Because, of course, were I to show you the video it would basically [...]

Removal of two 50 year old dead Ash trees, stumps ground, and removed from property: probably come in around $1875.

A three year old being entertained for the entire day in the comfort of our own living room: Priceless.

We live next door to three fairy princesses, dancing sprites, thin-bodied frolicking goddesses; we live next door to three girls. When we take walks or spend time in our yard, they are usually out. They blow bubbles, twirl in the grass, roll down their hill, and do cartwheels, their long hair flowing behind [...]

Perhaps it took us too long to get our lawn cut after we moved in, because I’m starting to wonder if one of the neighbors put a hex on us or something. Let me share the evidence - all of this, with the exception of my trip down the stairs, has occurred in the [...]