Category Archives: Life

A dear and wonderful blogger friend has left us.  Chrissy, fondly known to many as Mammasmurf  has went on to be with our Father.  When I read about our loss my heart skipped and I felt great sadness as tears came to my eyes.  Always so sweet and uplifting with her comments and generous with her heart, she will be greatly missed even by those of us who only knew her through the blogging world.  … Continue reading →

For a few weeks now while walking the dogs every morning, we have been admiring the bounty on a neighbor’s apple tree. So the other day after school the kids and I got permission from this kind neighbor and picked a bucket full of apples.  My daughter finished filling the bucket as my son enjoyed the shade of a huge tree after picking for a while. A few days prior they had gone to another … Continue reading →

I have the greatest dad in the world.  You may recall my story a few weeks ago about our lawn tractor biting the dust.  Well, we have been looking into getting a new mower, but the prices are frightening.  In the meantime, we have mowed once since the tractor funeral, borrowing my dad’s mower to do it.  As you may well guess the lawn had become a small hay field.  This morning my father called … Continue reading →

Today we are having a ‘Catch-up, Clean-up’ day.  With the start of autumn and the impending thought of being cooped up for the winter months, we have decided to give the house a total scrub down.  We try to do this every change of season, but by the next it seems we are back to the clutter.  The kids also have a few different school projects that need attention, so we are setting aside our … Continue reading →