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The Dorm Dryer Claims Its Victims
Life with boys … and an expensive lesson was learned by the boy … apparently the dryer at the dorm is a bit more temperamental … out of service … broken … than the one at home where he was perfectly capable of doing laundry without catastrophe … but last night when the call came… Continue reading
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Back to the New Normal-ish
Life with boys … life is getting back to the new normal-ish … two boys are safely back in their dorms … no one is preparing a six-course midnight snack … no one is bingeing the latest season of something on the TV below my bedroom … the back door is not alerting us to… Continue reading
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Carbs Wrapped in More Carbs
Life with boys … boy requested spaghetti loaf before he goes back to school … freezer had a dough malfunction … it may have gotten about about three times the normal size … they will still eat it all I predict … just in case you want your carbs wrapped in more carbs .. Recipe:… Continue reading
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The Second Master’s Degree Is Complete
After two years of being both the professor and the student, the Education Technology degree is done. I had emailed my advisor because the degree audit still looked like I had another sequence to complete. I was pretty sure that was not right, but I wanted someone else to say it. Dr. Ralph Olliges checked… Continue reading
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Are Showers Overrated …
Life with boys … private edition … we have been consistently suggesting that daily showers are a really good idea to one of the boys … so in the continued conversation, I may have said something along the lines that love-ish interests may be easier to attract if the boy is not redolent … to… Continue reading
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A Trip To The Ballet …
Life with boys-ish … before there was life with boys, there was life with the Beck family … I was thinking about one of our adventures earlier this month when we were sitting in the luxury of the Fox Theater … Once upon a time … I think I was in about second or third… Continue reading
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Happy Birthday to the kiddo who launched this crazy life with boys!
Happy Birthday to the kiddo who launched this crazy life with boys! Continue reading
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The One Where The Cat Goes To College …
Life with boys … the one where the cat goes to college … going from being a big fish in a small pond to being a guppy in the vast college ocean has not been an easy adjustment for the boy … somewhere between catching and dealing with COVID within the first few weeks of… Continue reading
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Introducing Appa the grand cat …
Life with boys … Introducing Appa the grand cat … there is a detailed story … I will get it to you in a bit … yes, he has permission to live in the dorms … an even longer story … Continue reading
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We need a vet who can see this kitty …
Super long life with boys story to come … in the meantime we need a vet who can see this kitty this week for at least a physical and shots … he will need to be fixed also, but I know our timing is less than amazing 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.
