So. Remember when I fell down skiing and hurt my knee?   I actually did quite a bit of damage:  tore 3 ligaments and the meniscus, contused the bones, and developed a blood clot in my leg.  Impressive, eh? I aim to please. After walking with crutches and wearing a brace for several weeks, I have [...]

Happy Friday, Internets! I hope everyone’s well today. Me personally? I managed to fall on the big ski trip (first time down the hill, even!) and wrenched my knee. Sooooo, I’m spending today resting quietly. We all went through ski school in the morning, then I spent a half hour trying to convince Captain Earthquake [...]

It’s 2:00 am and I can’t sleep yet; I’m too wound up. We’ve got company in the house, so I was up late cleaning the dishes and whatnot, then came to the computer to check email and was surprised to hear someone walking around in the night. Then I heard a door shut loudly, which [...]

Sooooo, today was a rather trying day. Not horrible, or even bad. Just trying. By the end of it I was very ready for boys to just. be. quiet. Thank you. Hubby was kind enough to supervise bedtime routine. I showed up for prayers, then retreated to the bedroom to play a mindless computer game [...]

Having a bat in the house can be stressful. I haven’t shared a funny in several days, and Hubby reminded me of this story so I thought I’d post it. I fell asleep one evening on the couch while Hubby was working in what was the office at the time. TechnoBoy and The Mercenary were [...]

2006 Last week one evening we had a lot of people over so Hubby extended our dining room table out with all the leaves. It’s not how we usually have it but I just haven’t bothered to take it all back down. A little while ago either the Manager or Captain Earthquake stood up near [...]