Just move to a city with an enormous, incredibly steep hill, a hill that’s so steep your car and legs think it’s almost vertical, and you’ll never have to worry about cardio excercise again. The street I live on is popular for walkers and joggers, who climb from the level…

The Banana, near lunchtime today.

This is my slightly-more-than-one-year-old vacuum cleaner that is slightly past its warranty coverage going out the door to the vacuum repair shop. It broke two weeks ago. It’s hard to have three kids five and under and no vacuum cleaner, no matter how much of a delinquent domestic you are.…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler had absolutely no summer shoes that fit, so on Sunday she and I did a little shopping: one pair of play sandals for swinging on swingsets, and walking around the neighborhood, one pair of sandals that will stay neat and clean for church, and a cheap pair…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler looked at me around noon today while we were munching on our lunch outside on the patio, and stated: “Grandma Robbie SAYS she can’t keep her house very clean, but she sure does a better job than you, Mom.”

The focus on this picture is not perfect, but I just love her facial expression.

Before I ever got serious about picture taking, I had a fascination for windows and natual light. My window growing up was a tiny little hole at the top of one wall, and its gloomy light drove me nuts. My dad even put up a shelf right under the window…

The sea of boxes is slowly diminishing! Most of the house is starting to get organized, although progress still needs to be made, particularly in the basement. There is a path in the basement to the washing machine, but I still have some heavy duty work to do down there,…