Calamity Kitchen
Happy holidays from the McGuires’, where the house is still kind of trashed and many surfaces still bear a dusting of fire extinguisher residue. But more on that later! We […]
Tag Archives: family
Goodbye No. 1
Last Saturday was my final farm shift. Wah! Sad day. “Thanks for a being a member,” I said to everyone, all day as they came and went. “Thank you,” they […]
The End of the Innocence
So did you do your homework? Did you read the article? What, you thought I was going to post it and then forget about it, like I do all the […]
Cookie Bakin’, Wreath Makin’, Doomsday Preppin’
The long Thanksgiving weekend was low-key for us. Thanksgiving was at my sister’s and was very nice. I brought the corn and also made honey-glazed carrots using carrots from the […]
July Flying By
Some days this week were sooooo long and some were over in a blip. One long morning was spent at the vet’s office trying to coax a guinea pig to stay […]
Good Things
Feeling reenergized 🙂 I’ve been looking at ideas for summer vacations. I pulled off a surprise party for my mom on Sunday (couldn’t talk about it on here til now!). That […]
Hibernation
I’ve been wanting to write a New Year’s post, one in which I sum up 2015 and lay out ideas for 2016. But I just don’t have it in me. […]
Christmas Reckoning
December 28th, time to sum up Christmas. In literal terms, the sums I spent were comparable to last year. Not as small as they could have been, but not as […]
Blah Humbug
I am not feeling the Christmas spirit yet. Maybe because it’s only December 2. Maybe because it’s so gray and gloomy out today. Maybe because my oldest is edging ever […]
Fall Walks and First Frost
The weather has been very nice the past two days, and I’ve been trying to walk every day. I also have been trying to lift weights every day and do […]
