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.

Although this picture is grainy, this is the look I get right before this tyke heads for the stairs in the background. Her favorite game has become “Let’s-Rush-Anyway-We-Can-to-the-Dangerous-Stairs-and-See- if-Anyone-Can-Catch-Us!” It’s a mischevious look of rapture followed by some very fast crawling and peals of infectious giggles, especially if she manages…

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This week I tried a monstrously humongous recipe for oatmeal whole wheat pancakes. They were delicious, and we’ve been having them often with fresh fruit on top. Tonight as the pancakes were sizzling in the pan on the stove, my husband decided to add a few chopped dried apricots and…

This week the main public library is having their used book sale, where they sell library books that have been pulled from the shelves for various reasons, and used donated books to raise library funds. Yesterday I hauled my fleet of children down there. We spent nearly an hour in…