Early November stole swiftly upon us. Before I knew it, I was gathering my wedding toasting glasses, silver cake cutting utensils, leftover wedding ribbons and faux autumn leaves, scarves and sweaters and little boy coats, piling it all high in the living room next to two large, empty suitcases. It was time to go to…
Category: Holidays and Celebrations
Spook
The boys received their annual Halloween packages from two of their aunts today. Every single year since I gave birth to my first little monster, two of my sisters have sent boxes of Halloween goodies to their spoilt nephew(s). Sister #1 sent a spider mobile (which Jack both loved and feared), and some awesome Halloween…
Censored
Oh man, lots of things on my mind, most of them improper for public consumption. The emotional load has been heavy lately, for a number of reasons, mostly related to extended family troubles (finance troubles, health troubles, all flavor and manner of trubs). Nothing too juicy, I promise – I’m not meaning to be a…
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Corrie P.
July twenty-third dawned hot and sunny. Corrie had arranged for all of us ‘maids to spend the morning together at a spa. Makeup, hair, and nails were on our own dime, so each ‘maid purchased her own mix of services, according to what she could afford – but all of us spent the morning together…
THE Wedding of 2011 . . .
. . . (until November 5 . . .) (when my other sister gets married, of course!) So, I’m not going to tease you. I’ll go ahead and start this post with a picture of the beautiful bride, because I know that’s what you all want to see. Oh wait. I meant this. Thus ends…