Category Archives: Life

Wednesday we got an e-mail from my husband’s mother.  She will be here Saturday.  She’s driving up north to get our niece to bring her back to Florida for the summer.  She will be stopping in here to visit for a few days.  We haven’t seen her for a while and are looking forward to the visit.  So, today we’ll be preparing for that visit with cleaning and shopping and all the things you do … Continue reading →

My oldest son surprised us Sunday by inviting us to a cookout at Lansford Canal State Park.  It was a beautiful day.  He supplied all the food (though I did make a pan of S’mores Brownies) and waited on us hand and foot.  He wouldn’t let us do anything. The other kids fished while he made lunch.  After dinner we took a 3-mile hike along the Catawba River and the old canals.  Lansford has an … Continue reading →

May 25 and 26th was the kids 60’s, 70’s and 80’s Ice Skating Show.  Even though they had had only 5 lessons they chose to participate. And to help support the home school program, so did 2 other moms and I.  One of the moms had just learned to skate herself.  We all did well and no one fell.  I was very proud of my children.  The other 3 skaters have been skating for a … Continue reading →

Busy, hectic, eventful, tiring, and just plain too much to do have been the words for this week.  I had planned on writing all about our week’s adventures but just haven’t been able to sit down to do it.  So I will probably try to work on them over the week-end and post them later.  I’m hoping June will be more relaxing, because May has been exhausting. I shouldn’t complain though.  It could be worse.  I could … Continue reading →