So, our office is in the basement of the house, and we’re blessed to have a bathroom down here as well. Having a bathroom below grade means a special pump and venting system for waste. For some reason, every year about this time the sewage gasses escape up the vent. Guess where that is? You [...]

Happy (belated) Fun For Your Friday, Heroes! Yesterday was the last day of insanity for the summer, in which we cleaned up after Community Vacation Bible School (over 240 participants and nearly 150 volunteers) and then crashed after a little cleaning around the ol’ homestead. Phew. The next three weeks are devoted to home projects [...]

Good Friday, Heroes! Today I am in the middle of Cub Scout camp with the younger boys. What was I thinking? Seriously though, camp is a lot of fun. And I can do anything for two days, right? I’ll update you with any necessary war stories when I get back home! Welcome to the August [...]

Good Friday, Heroes! For today’s FFYF I bring you a lovely photo. You’re welcome. Welcome to the June 3, 2011 edition of fun for your friday. Christina Siniscalchi presents Adventures in Potty Training! | Sisternotes posted at Sisternotes. That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of fun for your friday [...]

Happy Friday, Heroes! Today I bring you the brilliance of Captain Earthquake. See, the Captain doesn’t like to shop. And by “shop” I mean entering any store, even ones that stock frivolous items such as food. He’s always hated stores. I have no idea why. Thankfully, he has managed to improve his attitude to the [...]

Good Friday, Heroes! Today we are participating in our very first egg drop contest. Very exciting. The challenge is to create a container that can hold an egg and protect it from cracking in a fall. The Captain’s first idea involved tin foil and plastic wrap. 3 or 4 broken eggs later I told him, [...]