A New School Year
Kindergarten and 5th grade 3rd grade and 8th grade Just like that it’s over. I’ve found myself standing alone in my kitchen, sipping my coffee and starring into space wondering what just happened. Eighty-four days (counting weekends) was not enough. … Continued
European Vacation: Wrap Up
If you haven’t already seen the first part of our vacation, you can check out part 1 here and part 2 here. The last three days of our journey were spent packing in the culture and off the beaten path … Continued
European Vacation: Part 2
If you missed the first part of our summer vacation recap you can check it out here. Because this European vacation was chock-a-block full of activities I’m going to break the rest of our trip up into two posts. There … Continued
Five Minute Friday: Vacation
I’ve been sort of m.i.a. when it comes to blogging regularly and keeping up with the Five Minute Friday prompts. I gave myself a pass in May and June because of the hub-bub of the end of school and then … Continued
European Vacation Part 1
We recently returned from a European vacation of a lifetime. We took our boys to Amsterdam and London. Why Amsterdam? We have family that lives there and they have two little boys near Harry’s age. Visiting a foreign country and … Continued
Five Minute Friday – Pause
Today’s Five Minute Friday writing prompt is Pause. I didn’t know if I could find the time to pause my fast forward life to do this but everyone can find five minutes to take breather. Right? Five minutes are on … Continued
Champagne Mousse or Ice Cream
In honor of hitting the 1,000 subscriber mark on Recipe Archaeology, Christine and I decided to make something tasty. I found this recipe in my Grandmother’s copy of Helen Corbitt Cooks for Company (pub. 1974). The book is organized by … Continued
Four Somethings in April
May is in full swing but in an effort to maintain some sort of writing schedule and accountability, I’m still thinking about April. Each month my friend Heather shares four somethings that she loved or learned and offers a space … Continued
On Camping and Unplugging
Last weekend was one of those very rare weekends when there weren’t any hard and fast commitments on the calendar for anyone in our family. Yes, there were things we could have done or participated in but there wasn’t anything … Continued
Five Minute Friday – Turn
Thank goodness for Five Minute Friday or I might never get any writing done. Sometimes I feel less than when all I get done on ye ol’ blog is just this short little post but I guess five minutes is … Continued