There’s nothing like waking up on the last day of February and finding THIS outside your window: Yeah. A little bit of a surprise. The weather forecast said nothing about getting snow this low in elevation – just up in the mountain passes. I have no idea what this will do to my day. The […]

Ane is IN for preschool next fall!!! Woo-HOO! We’re not telling her yet. If we did, we’d get no peace around here until September. ***** The weather around here has been chilly, but surprisingly sunny. Especially when they keep predicting rain. I think we’re going to get outside today so I can make an attempt […]

Ane gets easily frustrated – or, as she says, “fruster-rated.” When I asked her what that meant, she said, “It means ‘not very nice.’” In a manner of speaking, she is right… Anyway, her little temper just boils over to the point where recently she will look me right in the eye and say, “Mommy, […]

The one thing I will never be able to deny my children is books. It’s a good thing I have both a library card and a Barnes & Noble membership card!