Life As I Know It …
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Life With Boys: 2025
Life with boys 2025 … many adventures … set-backs and leaps forward … smiles … laughs … tears … lessons … patience … joy … love Continue reading
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We took off for a few days to explore …
Life with boys … we took off for a few days to explore before the total craziness of the holidays sets in … on our way out I took this shot … from my spot as the caboose … a place I have held by choice for years … as evidenced in so many of… Continue reading
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Recently the boy and I escaped to California …
Life with boys … recently the boy and I escaped to California for a bit of exploration and as we waited for the shuttle to take us to yet another almost entirely uphill climb I overhead a little one tell his dad, “Hey look, I don’t have any arms,” to which dad replied, “well good,… Continue reading
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If this cookie sheet could talk …
Life with boys … if this cookie sheet could talk, the tales it could tell … so many lessons learned … stories of minor/major cooking disasters that may have ended in fire (note to parents, send them with a fire extinguisher – everyone was fine, the fire department may have made an appearance) … it… Continue reading
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The boy’s hobby is tracking down Frank Loyd Wright buildings …
Life with boys … the boy’s hobby is tracking down Frank Loyd Wright buildings … This past weekend, we made the trek up to Racine, Wisconsin, to tour the Johnson Wax research tower and administration building and then Wingspread. On the way home, we meandered through Highland Park and Glencoe, Illinois, to stalk private homes… Continue reading
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I get to benefit from the new 3D printer too …
Life with boys … I get to benefit from the new 3D printer too …a custom cap for my winter mosaic project … I have another not quite finished yet … Continue reading
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If the boy is going to be living at home for bit …
Life with boys … if the boy is going to be living at home for bit then he should probably unpack the boxes that have followed him around for four years … and if he is going to get any vitamin d from the sun then he will need to work above ground for a… Continue reading
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Activity as a family …
Life with boys … the boys made good on their “activity as a family” promise they gave me with an Escape Room gift certificate … and we made it out with almost 13 minutes to spare … and we were all still speaking at the end 🙂 Continue reading
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The creative boy is home …
Life with boys … the creative boy is home, and when he is not looking for a job (does anyone need a #3dmodeler … or know about another short-term opportunity?) … he is happy to have access to “tools” again … he says it started as a dragon, now it is maybe an eel …… Continue reading
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What a crazy week this has been …
Life with boys … What a crazy week this has been … graduation … two birthdays … family in town … boy and cat rolled in with so much laundry … movies … games … job interviews … goats … Mother’s Day … amazing … overwhelming … exhausting … Continue reading
About Me
I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week. Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.
