animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

sick day

Not for me, but for Jake. He had a belly ache when he went to bed last night. He woke up at 4:30am with the same issue. This quickly turned into the dreaded “stomach flu”. Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t fall asleep last night due to laying on the couch …

jesus complex

OK. So, Jake’s taking karate. About a week or so after he started, we received our payment booklet and some general information from the karate school. One of the things they ask of the students is that they wash their feet before going to class. Karate class is conducted in …

i don’t like s&m

Oh, the things kids say… Today, Jacob took a bag of Skittles from his arsenal of Halloween treats. For the uninitiated, Skittles look just like M&Ms, but they have an “s” printed on them rather than an “m”. After eating a few of them, he decided that Skittles weren’t for …

pie crust

The youth group at our church was holding their annual apple dumpling fund raiser today. We bought one for each of us. Brian and I are saving ours for “supper”. We’re going to have some hot sausage sandwiches and baked beans while we watch the Steeler game this afternoon and …

the karate kid

Brian and I always vowed that if we ever had children, they would take karate. This revelation came after watching a bunch of little kids expending all of their energy while we went to watch a friend practice karate a number of years ago. With much apprehension and even a …