Hmmm. Do more laundry or have chips and dip while getting lost in a good book? Do what I should do or what I want to do?

Everyone over here either has a cold or nasty allergies. Sore throat (me), sniffling (Noah) and coughing (Doug & Tommy). Doug hates feeling sick. He likes to load up on cough medicine so that he can stay asleep until the symptoms go away. The medicines don’t make the symptoms go away any faster, they just […]

Today is Mum’s (I’ve been reading a lot of European blogs lately) thyroid radiation test. They’ve pretty much already told her that tomorrow she’ll be getting the “big dose” to destroy her thyroid.

1 ant, 2 ants , 3 ants 4 our picnic is their grocery store 5 ants 6 ants 7 ants 8 they are crawling on my plate 8 ants 7 ants stomp around 6 ants 5 ants on the grounds 4 ants 3 ants on the run 2 ants 1 ant no more fun. Thanks […]

Played at the park until Amy was too dirty to continue. When she got a giant goose-egg on her forehead it was time to leave. My mother took the three youngest for a sleepover and church. Tommy spent the day testy and sullen. Doug, Tommy and I went to the pet store to pet the […]

The girls’ glitter is all over this house. Right now Doug is as sparkly as a 10-year-old girl. Tee-hee-hee.

Spring ants in the house Hiding, lurking, in your face Like pain, hurt and death.

Someone turned the HEAT on and it’s over 80 degrees in this house. I want to get outside or anyplace cooler. I’ve told the girls to get their things together. They aren’t.

My brother and his wife got a new kitten yesterday. It is a tiny white ball of fluff that looks adorably pettable.

Sarah’s friend (and troopmate) is spending today with us. She is twelve years old and a good foot taller than Sarah. This girl is an only child. She expects someone else to carry her things, fix her food, clean her messes and basically serve her. Her parents carry her things to the scout meetings and […]