Super Rachel Zana's Spot

We had read about the glass beach on Kauai, a former dumping site in an industrial area that is now filled with sea glass.  Although I thought it would be kind of neat to see because I really, really love sea glass, I figured we probably wouldn’t actually go there…

My dad loves canyons, and growing up, many of our family vacations included a visit to a canyon or gorge of some sort.  We never visited the Grand Canyon, although my parents may have done that more recently.  I can’t quite remember.  Regardless, my dad would LOVE this canyon.  It…

Pretty much every part of our trip was fantabulous.  Really, we just had a splendid time zipping around the island in our sparkly little rental car that was the perfect invigorating shade of blue.  I should have taken a picture of that adorable little car, but I forgot to do…

I’m alive!  Really!  A few days ago I arrived back from a tropical traveling adventure, and because it takes me a long time to recover from traveling to get back into the groove of our daily routine, I’ve been  absent here. The kidlets spent the week having tons of fun…

Every school morning I make breakfast and pack lunch boxes and listen to The Banana practice her violin.  I check to see if Mr. SP has brushed his teeth.  I make sure the homework folders get in the backpacks.  I harp on people to get out the door and down…

When The Banana got her violin not quite nine months ago, I did not imagine that before the first anniversary of Violin-Gotcha-Day she’d be playing the likes of this music.  Really, I did not.  Because this music is fast and hard.  And I know there is a an enormous wealth…

On Wednesday I started catching a cold.  It started the way colds usually do:  a scratchy throat, followed by a drippy nose.  By Thursday the drippy nose had turned into a sinus fiesta (which is the part I always hate the most because I feel like my face is going…

At our house, permanent markers are practically under lock and key.  They have been for years.  Unfortunately, the big kids occasionally need to have access to permanent markers for various purposes that are completely justifiable.  Monday is one of my biggest and longest teaching days.  Dr. Peds was out of…

Strangely enough they smell sort of like a mixture of a strong flower and a rotten potato.  I try not to sniff very much while I walk through the dining room.