Should, should, should

That’s a funny word. Should. Look at it a few times. It’s just plain quirky. I may start a petition to get rid of it. Think of all the times in one day you say “should.” Like right now, I SHOULD be doing laundry. I SHOULD get lunch. I SHOULD be unpacking another box.
I have [...]

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Wipe that smile off your face…

That is what I want to say to that picture on my “header.” I look so happy. So content. And I was. The day that picture was taken was a great day. I was on the boat with cousins, nephews, brothers, sisters-in-law, my own family and Lord only knows who else. I had been wakeboarding [...]

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A Gnome Under Our Home

I will not win any parent-of-the-year awards with this story. Right now, three out of my four boys are in our crawl space. We live in a 108-year-old home. For some reason they thought it would be fun to dress in long pants, long sleeves, gloves, hats, etc. and crawl into that dark space under [...]

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And then it rained

Our family recently moved from suburbia to the city. We cut our living space in half. We gave away furniture. We tossed old toys. We sold a kid. Just kidding. We kept all of them. Our goal was threefold: 1. Live closer to the boys’ school and our new community of friends; 2.) Live simply; [...]

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