Among the many lovely birthday gifts and greetings I received yesterday (thanks so much, everyone!) was an email notification that my mom made a deposit to my Paypal account.  eBay, here I come!

There’s not much cuter than a two-year-old kissing her baby sister’s tiny toes … unless it’s the resulting giggles of said baby sister.  Delightful.

Today Olof bought a couple of bags of chips for us to snack on while we watch TV this evening. Lydia, as usual for a Friday night, headed off after supper to spend the night at a friend’s house. She asked me before she left, “Do you guys celebrate when I’m gone? You always have… Read More Friday

Doesn’t the lack of bundled-up-ness just scream, “Spring is here!”? If you disregard all the snow, I mean.

It’s pretty late in the day, but I couldn’t miss sending a great big happy birthday wish to my friend, Debbie, who’s turning 30 today! I hope 30 is as fantastic for you as it was for me!

This afternoon, cabin fever setting in and our cupboards nearly bare, Olof and I packed off the three older kids to various friends and family members and headed to town to do some grocery shopping. We hadn’t given a great deal of consideration to what we’d buy–I wasn’t thinking beyond cat food, kitty litter, and… Read More Problem solved

Today has been just what a Saturday should be: I slept in, got up around ten and made some cookies and puttered around, had friends over for coffee and goodies, took a nap, ate dinner, and am now preparing to watch Miss Marple and eat chips. Doesn’t get much better.

I am so over dinner, honestly.  There are just so few meals to make that everyone–or even the majority of us–will eat.  On those days that I do actually stir my stumps enough to prepare something, I most often cook for Olof and the kids and then I eat something else entirely (toast, cereal, yogurt,… Read More What’s wrong with beans and rice, anyway?