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Category: family

  • Idioms

    Good morning class! Today we’re going over some useful idioms. These are colorful phrases that people use, sometimes describing their life or even to comment on yours. We will talk about each phrases’ literal and figurative meaning and whether or not it’s a backhanded compliment. Let’s get started. Ducks in a row. “It looks like…

  • Spring Broken

    There is some expectation built up around spring break. Maybe from television and movies, but it’s been hard week as a Stay at Home Mom. I had the kids home from elementary school and preschool with only one car that Tim required for his daily commute. Our trusty Accord has been spending its break camping…

  • The Clean Up

    In the late nineteen nineties, I did a research paper on Hanford. It was the location of the part of the Manhattan Project where they refined plutonium for the creation of nuclear bombs used against Japan in WW2 and during the build up of the Cold War arsenal. Because of the secretive nature of national…

  • Seaside

    The Oregon coast was made for kids and dogs. Where Cannon Beach has an aesthetic of Coastal Grandma, with its blown glass art galleries and overpriced surf and turf eateries, Seaside is 100% State Fair with its painted carousel and Pronto pups. After a quick bite of pizza, kids made a beeline to the beach…

  • Modern Medicine

    Yesterday was the second longest day of this year. I had to get up early to drive out to Tanasbourne early for my biennial Echo. It’s something I have to do to make sure all the tubes and pumps are working in my heart. The hospital is running on a skeleton crew since the pandemic.…

  • First Alabamans

    Now in the second month of the fourth year of the presidency of Biden, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to Alabama to the state Supreme Court. “Greetings favored ones!” And they were greatly troubled. The angel replied “Do not be afraid for behold, you will all be given wombs where you will each…

  • Life with Dog

    This last Thanksgiving we got a dog. It’s my first one and it would have been a bigger deal before kids. Now, it’s like we’ve acquired an aggressive toddler. People often say having a dog prepares you for kids. Perhaps. It totally works the other way too. Anyway, it’s a third thing I have to…

  • Van Life

    Yesterday was a super busy day with zero down time. I was up at 6:30 with Eliana to get her off to the school bus. And then I loaded the dishwasher, and got half way through folding a load of laundry. At 7:45 I got Ivy up dressed and fed and we were out the…

  • When the Village Revolts

    Recently I heard about a European airlines exploring adult only seating. For an extra 50-100 bucks passengers can be put in a section for humans 16 and older only. The goal is to not have crying babies, getting your seat kicked, or having sticky hands invade your personal space. Tim and I super excited. That’s…

  • YOLO

    I am laying here in bed trying to sort out some decisions that have come up. In life, there’s mostly a lot of mundane choices, but sometimes there are brief windows of opportunity. The phrase “you only live once” flits through my mind. I think that term was trending a decade ago. This time ten…