Super Rachel Zana's Spot

After arriving home from Chicago, I was all set for a super productive week.  I haven’t seen my students for a bit, and I was ready to jump into teaching and catching up on a huge pile of computer work (is it still a pile if it’s a digital pile?…

Mr. Trouble on Feet travelled to Chicago with me to take our host daughter back to meet her chaperone and group at the airport so she could travel back to Eastern Europe.  He has been saving up Christmas and birthday money, along with every other scrap of money he’s encountered…

We hadn’t been down to the beach for a long time.  This is what happens in winter.  Even though we love to go to the beach in every season, (in fact, winter is one of the most beautiful seasons for beach going) we get busy with our routine and forget…

Dr. Peds gifted me this mobile for my birthday a few weeks ago, and I just love it.  I decided that the window on the landing would be a good place for it, and it just brightens up every trip up and down the stairs all day long.  The glass makes…

She is rarely lacking in ideas.

Our Christmas break has been filled with snow forts, show shoveling, ice skating, a tiny bit of sledding, block tower building competitions, and a LEGO extravaganza that filled the floor with colored blocks for days on end.  There has  been reading, board games, and of course practicing.  Cookies have been…

In winter the cat loves fleece blankets on the couch and a good book.  So does this kidlet.

When you are so happy that your parents gifted you with  orange platypus onesie pajamas that you burst into tears and laugh so hard your stomach aches . . . She has declared it her favorite Christmas gift ever.

  A week ago I flew to Chicago to meet our host daughter who is back visiting us through Project 143.  My flight arrived early in the day at the airport, and her flight arrived very late in the day, which left me a whole day without an agenda.  I…

My electric pencil sharpener bit the dust.  It had been on the fritz for quite some time, so when it finally died I didn’t feel guilty about rushing to my computer to purchase a new one.  When it arrived, I plugged it in and promptly sharpened at least 300 pencils.…