Like that Klondike Bar commercial

What would you do in pursuit of snacks? Recently I took a little roadtrip with three of my kids to see their oldest sister ET have her white-coat ceremony at veterinary school. On the way we stopped at a roadside rest station and the kids wanted snacks from the vending machine. I got Little Boy

Kitty is at War

Cats are solitary animals. Our cat, who is named Bunny but we call him Kitty, is used to being the only cat in the house.  He is almost 12 years old and has ruled our house most of his life, and he likes it that way. Kitty received a bit of a shock a year or

My fridge is melting

I don’t know why, but my refrigerator is melting. It’s been doing so gradually from the top. I tried googling, “Why is my fridge melting?” but I just ended up with a lot of information about things INSIDE the fridge melting, not about THE REFRIGERATOR ITSELF melting. So what did I do? Basically I ignored

I am SO Nerdy

I saw this shirt advertised as a designated Christmas gift for math teachers. I’m sorry, but this is bad math. If I were a math teacher and received this shirt, I would be horrified. I understand that the designer meant to reference the song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” specifically the line, “Fa lalalalalalalala.”

I read a lot

I was talking to Boo, who has just started college, on the phone one night. I told her I’d just finished reading a book. She said, “Is that another one of those books with the sad British kids on the cover?” And I had to admit that, yes, it was…. I really have been reading

Why is my phone so proud of itself?

I plug my phone in at night near my bed, and usually it’s been on low power mode by the evening since it’s been used all day. Then when gets up to 80% charge, it lights up excitedly, bragging about how CHARGED UP it is. Usually this is around midnight, which is when you definitely

Welcome to Christmas Break

A text from my adult daughter

I received this random text from ET, who is 24 now: How’s that for heart-warming?

Going Back to Church… IN PERSON!

This was the first Sunday we were able to go back in the church building. We were pretty excited. The church had already informed everyone that masks would be required, and that we would sit distanced from each other in the pews, so we were prepared. When we arrived at the church building and parked

Pre Covid vs Post Covid

Here’s a picture that made me super excited pre-COVID: And here’s a picture that makes me super excited post COVID: FUN FACT: I have a favorite brand of toilet paper, which I’ve been having trouble finding, unsurprisingly. I asked my husband to look for it and HE FOUND A TWENTY PACK!!!!! He literally brought it