Spasms of Uncertainty

Today was just one of those days. I felt overwhelmed. The garden, the yard, the to-do list, the messy house, the dirty fridge, the worries about the future. Not knowing how it’s all going to turn out. Not knowing if I’m doing it right. Four growing children. What the HELL was I thinking having all [...]

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On My Own

Well, they’re off to the lake for two weeks with their dad. Which makes this less of a team effort and more of a solo project. That being said, this blog started out as a way for the kids to publish their own work, but like all of the ideas I come up with and [...]

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Something Fishy

For the last week or so there’s been the faintest off odor in the living room, which I sort of attributed to stinky socks, or maybe stinky couch smells being intensified by the humidity, but oh my goodness, it’s gotten much more noticeable today. It smells like an open can of rotting tuna fish. I [...]

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Mixing Metaphors

Today the kids and I got lost in the woods. I think there’s a metaphor in there somewhere. Something to do with my current anxiety about having to make a decision that will affect all of us, the being on the crossroads and having to choose a direction. Not being able to see far enough [...]

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You Know You’re Boring When…

….the highlight of your day is having time to clean. I cleaned out the snack cupboard, the entry closet, AND the two drawers of the Messy Counter (it used to be the messy drawer, then the messy drawers, and then the mess crawled over the entire counter.) Jay was busy playing “art factory” with her friend, Tee [...]

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Facing My Phobia

It’s mouse killing time. I’ve been reluctant to use live traps on my little rodent visitors, because they make my kids cry, and because I abhor the idea of dealing with the stiffened bodies, but ever since the back of the under-the-sink kitchen cabinet was cut away to deal with the frozen water pipes a [...]

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