So – Pantone paint chips are like $30. Did you know that? I ordered a sticker from some cafe press-type website instead. It probably won’t be the exact shade but the perfect is the enemy of the good. Thursday was Liam’s birthday. At his request, we had burgers and corn on the cob for dinner,…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – Unseized
The “Seize the Day Summer” has not started well. The children and I have not yet had a real meal this week. I have not taken them or myself to the gym once. We have done zero adventures. It all started on Monday, midday, when I dashed downtown for a quick dental cleaning. It’s a…
Monday
OK. It’s day one of Design Your Summer Week Three – Seize Every Day. I had planned to take the boys on an early morning trip to the gym each day before starting work as a way to keep them from slipping into screens first thing. I did not think about the fact that while…
Design Your Summer – Summer Foods Take Two
Summer Theme – Seize Every Day This is the summer between Jack’s ninth and tenth grade year. Then we will have between tenth and eleventh, between eleventh and twelfth . . . and then . . . our first fledgling hops out o’ the nest, followed closely by his next youngest brother. We their parents…
Eye-luh-rund Bound
The boys have left for Ireland! It’s been just the three of us for the week, as the big boys have been on a mission trip in Memphis with their youth group in partnership with the Memphis Interfaith Association. They packed food at a food bank, did some gardening and repairs at a homeless shelter,…