I want to take a moment to let you know that my husband just passed his driver’s test so that he can now be a legal resident of Minnesota. He scored three questions better than I did when I took the driver’s test a couple of months ago (Sadly, I…

Yesterday evening we were invited on a little dinner cruise aboard a tourist boat to meet other new people my husband is working with. The event was a tad overstimulating (lots of REALLY LOUD music to go with the beautiful scenery) but we had a terrific time. The sunset was…

I know, I know, you are tiring of images of The Banana’s feet. Get a life, crazy Mama, you are saying, but I just can’t resist. Her little toes are just so cute wobbling around outside. Mr. Sneaky Pants and Ms. Crazy Preschooler are both winter babies, so they never…

I took this photograph last night down on one of the rocky beaches and I really, really love it, but Greg and I can’t decide which one is better: color or black and white. I like them both for very different reasons, and as usual, I am a most completely…

I keep thinking I should take my broom out and sweep the dried grass clippings, pinecones, brown leaves and cobwebs off of my front steps and make it look like someone actually cares about the appearance of my yard, but then one of my kids sits on the steps and…

I haven’t mowed my front lawn since the 23rd of July. This is mainly due to the fact that we are in the middle of a horrible drought and everything is brown and crackly. There is a litlte patch of green grass, not too long, right around the area where…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler has been away the last four days with my husband visiting great grandparents and cousins in Iowa, so Mr. Sneaky Pants has been hanging out with me. I’m changing his name to Mr. Sneaky Pants because he is one very, very sly young fellow. For example, when…

How can you not love the tumble bumble stage! This sprite is so, so proud of herself for getting around on her feet, outside, inside, and even at the library today. The weather has been ferociously humid the last two days, and if you look very close you can see…

The town I used to teach 7-12 grade English at a few years ago was devastated by a very nasty tornado Sunday night. I just looked at some pictures of the destruction on the Grand Forks Herald website, and I really feel terrible. I know those houses. I know those…

Step. Step. Step. The intermitent crashes are becoming slightly less frequent.