1. I love friends you can have a great conversation with. The kind of friends that walk you to your car and then you stand in the driveway for the next hour just talking about something deep and meaningful. The kind of friends who know that you really do want a slice of cake left over from their kid’s birthday, but would never ask, so they offer it to you up front. 2. I made meatloaf tonight. It’s my favorite... Read more

1. I have fallen in love with Facebook. I know that some people think it’s an evil in their home, but for me it has brought many important people beck into my life. People I can’t believe I let slip away in the first place. 2. Blueberry bagels fresh from the toaster with a little smear of real butter. How could I spend so many years eating margarine crap? If this is my only life…give me real butter. 3. The... Read more

I’m introducing a new feature here until I either run out of stuff to say or until I get bored with it. I blog I read regularly (Sprogblogger) has a daily list of things she’s grateful for, just to keep things in perspective. She may not always write a post, but she always has her list. I’m stealing it, in that whole copying being the highest form of flattery thing. I hope she thinks so, too. 1. The first crisp,... Read more

I was looking at old baby pictures this morning and kept getting confused as to which baby I was looking at. I know that makes me seem like a bad mom, but I think God has found a model that works for us and stopped coming up with new designs a few babies back. See if you don’t agree. Here’s #6looking a whole lot like #5 and #5looking for all the world exactly like #4It’s not that I want a... Read more

I hate my neighbor’s dog. I’m a dog lover and like most of them, especially gorgeous German Shepherds like the one next door. I owned a German Shepherd once, and he was my favorite dog in a life filled with lots of them. I hate the one next door. He won’t shut up. Last night, the backyard beauty barked from just before midnight until just before dawn. He wasn’t barking at anything in particular, just sitting on his porch by... Read more

I bought a new camera this weekend because my previous new camera stunk. I wasn’t taking any pictures of #6 because they were so awful I’d want to cry. Seriously. Cry. And this is me and I don’t cry about stupid stuff. So, I bought the new new camera, which I love and spent the weekend terrorizing my family with the flash and the 15x zoom. I can take pictures from across the house and look as if I was... Read more

According to Facebook, If you’re a girl age 30-ish and you’re a Capricorn named Brian….Well, you’re just the kind of girl? I like to hang out with. So all you girls named Brian in your 30’s…..make sure to friend me. Apparently I’m your cup of tea. Your Friend Stats customize Most common name Brian (3 friends) Most common zodiac sign Capricorn (11 friends) Female/Male 61% / 39% Single/Taken 15% / 85% Average age 36 years old Oldest friend 81 years... Read more

We had a stranger in our backyard this morning. I knew he was there when the dogs went crazy. Imagine my surprise at seeing a perfect stranger in my backyard not wearing a uniform of any kind, waving a huge wrench around and spitting at the dogs. I don’t know what possible purpose spitting tobacco juice all over my yard could serve, but it’s probably the same thoughtlessness which allowed him to scrape the dog poo he stepped in on... Read more

h/t to Suzanne. I love you, man! Read more

We’re studying the Emperor Justinian, and the Byzantine Empire. The kids were looking for Constantinople on the map, and I told them “Now it’s Istanbul not Constantinople.” Say…wasn’t that a song? Read more