How cold is it? According to AccuWeather.com, when Tad goes out to the bus stop this morning, it will only be 19 degrees. When Ane goes out to the bus stop an hour and a half later, it will only be 21 degrees. Yikes. Yesterday I started a fire in our fireplace insert at 9 […]

I don’t remember when I started begging to have my ears pierced, but it was probably around age seven. There is an infamous piece of video that was shot when I was eight, and we were preparing to move from Seattle proper to the wilds of the Eastside, where I am wearing clip-on earrings until […]

I am trying to keep Tad’s interest up in puzzles, because it is good for his brain. However, he definitely prefers puzzles that have his favorite characters in them. Uncle Captain and Aunt Q-Bee apparently knew that, and gave him a great early Christmas present when we celebrated with them, which we worked on this […]

It’s getting chilly outside… and Ane wants to know when it will snow. She seems to have forgotten completely how much she whined last winter when we got positively BURIED under snow. I keep reminding her that when it snows, there is no school, and getting around becomes a big problem. “Can I pray for […]