I learned how to mass delete emails on my yahoo account.  It’s the account that a great deal of spam or useless promotional email filters through, along with some very essential information.  I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of mass deleting before, but it sure makes getting through swaths of…

Auntie Dot and Uncle Don needed a larger vehicle for their family, and fortunately for us, found just  the used vehicle they were looking for in Duluth, which prompted a spontaneous visit so they could come and collect their new van.  We were thrilled to have them stay for the…

YaYa came home from school, way back at the beginning of the school year, excited about a special aviation program in her science class.  Through several grants and organizations, a special aviation curriculum has been integrated into the science classes of local sixth graders, and the top 15% of students…

Mr. Trouble on Feet has been loving the hugglepod lately.  We’ve been cooped up with winter, and oh so much snow for so long.  This boy is just craving wide open spaces to run and different ways to move his little body, and the hugglepod, dangling in the corner, is…

Last Saturday was the long awaited AWANA Grand Prix.  We were fortunate to have Valley City cousins visiting to increase our cheering section at the race. Mr. Sneaky Pants and Dr. Peds built this sleek beauty.  It was very fast.  It was also shiny and pretty. I didn’t take very…

Yet another reason why I love my job:  Every once in awhile I get amazing notes like these!    

They may have suddenly gotten a bit riled up.  

On Friday Night the PTA at our elementary school sponsored a family night:  a pasta dinner and dance in the gym to culminate Spirit Week, a week of dressing up and festivity for each day.  Friday was tropical day.   Everyone in our family was able to go!  We did…

YaYa woke up yesterday morning and realized it was St. Patrick’s Day, so before hopping on the bus to school, she whipped up this skirt with material she scavenged from the remnant bin at the fabric store.  Zip.  Zoom.  It was done.  She borrowed my green lunch box for the…

The other night I had a dream that I was an actress and I was making a movie right along with the actual queen of England.  It was rather exciting.  A few nights before that I had a dream that our cat was wearing diapers, and it was my job to change…