Category: Uncategorized

we decorated the tree finally last night! The tree is a colorado spruce Grampa planted in the garden a while back and it had gotten too big – we had to cut it in half to get it in the house! We had planned on having it up last friday but with the ice storm…

We finally put bunk beds in the kid’s room today – and carpet! They are all so excited now that it is all done. We have been putting this day off and off because we are afraid Johann will climb up, fall off, and hurt himself. But all their beds fell apart over the last…

Battle Cattle! the game where cows are armed and armoured and wage war with Milk bombs and methane gas. Mama and Pippa teamed up for Risk. Pippa and Juliet like to blow on their dice before they roll.Ahhh… Hot cocoa, Family, and world domination!We had Family Game Night last night, since the girls are out of school…

Tuesday I got my first uke lesson!  I had the pink most, the brown least.   And I was sick! Wednesday we accompliced something with Nancy drew!  Lots of stuff! 

Milkweed pods.  The last goldenrod and aster of the season.  British soldiers in their red caps growing on an old log.  Chokecherries made almost sweet by frosts. A wet bee rescued from a bucket. A Nashville Rambler watching us from a bush.  The ruddy leaves of maples. A tiny caterpillar named Spike. My daughters in…

Well, according to iTunes (our music library), 445. Wow. We had lost our old collection in the move from one computer to another, and we’d had more than a week on that, but we’re re-loading CD’s to get it back on the computer. Phil and I have been working on it off and on, and…

Johann, who is curled up under a blanket on the couch watching Blues Clues, has been a riot this morning. He wanted me to microwave his grapes. “They’re cold, Mama! I want to make them warm!” Well, I’m not sure what would happen if you microwaved a grape but I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be…

I found this today while looking for something else – I don’t always look at every one of her pictures. WIth a digital camera she can – and does – take dozens of shots at a time. So I had missed this one. 

We all – the kids and I – went down to the brook this week. I haven’t been down that far all summer, and it was fun to troop down with my happy gang. They didn’t want to come back up to the house – their response to “it’s time to go” was “No, Mama,…

Why is it that friends and family persist in treating small business owners like dirt? I know we aren’t the only ones to feel this – we’ve talked to many other entrepeneurs like ourselves that get this reaction. This morning, Phil left early to run a quick errand before “work” and ran into a long-term…

Juliet with the balailaika. Phil is learning to play it, my hands won’t quite stretch to all the chords so I don’t know if I will try. Juliet wants to learn to play Uke, like Phil and I. This was during the week and a half her sisters went to Pennsylvania with Nana and BoPop.…

Wow, it has been a while since I posted! Sorry, everybody. Life has been crazy, as we launched the Summer Reading Show June 24, after more than a month of preparation and rehearsal. Then came last week, the busiest week of the year, with 4th of July festivities. We did take time out for Family,…