Second Son’s graduation has me thinking about how I show up as a mom. I tell you, it’s not how I thought I would back before I was one. When I became a mother, something inside me changed. Something went a little left. It’s like a secret code was...
I just did one of the hardest things to do as a mom: I pushed my baby out of the nest. Oldest Son came back to live at home, yet AGAIN, this past July. When he came home, he had a job, a car, a driver’s license, and car insurance. Gradually over the months...
Ok, where did we leave off? Oh yeah – Memorial Day weekend…. Well, Sweet Pea was here that weekend, but it did not stop the manual labor efforts in the backyard. While Second Son and I continued work on building gates for the deck, Sweet Pea and PDD went...
Yesterday (Saturday) morning, we got up early and met my BFF Patsy at IHOP for breakfast at 8. After breakfast, we came back here to the house and filled up Patsy’s pickup truck with crap from the backyard and took it to the city dump. Because of all the rain...
Oldest Son did not stop with the cabinet/desk project. On Sunday afternoon, in another fit of he-manliness, he built this in my front yard: I will be sure to take another picture later in the summer when the sedum is in full bloom. It grows fast, and will drape itself...
So, I guess you have figured out that I’m opinionated. No, it’s true – I am. Just ask me. There are a handful of other things you should know about me so you can put this blog in context. Here they are.