Happy All Halo’s Eve!

  This years stats: 1 St. Martin of Tours, 1 St. Michael the Archangel, 1 St. Jerome’s Lion     Number of new costumes: 1 (unless you count Jac’s St. Jerome robe.) Number of parties attended: 1 Number of “jeweled” rings brought home from said party: 24 (Max loves his...

The Eve of Hallows Eve

                Last night we partied.  In this order: 1. Susan made us supper-delicious jumbalaya, crusty bread and ceasar salad.  Don’t let her tell you she can’t cook. 2. The kids rejoiced at Susan’s arrival. (She came over at lunch and put everything together in...

Fall-ing

flavors my senses sweetens my disposition stirs my imagination nourishes my dreams If your a Starbucks fan (we just happened to find some gift cards recently.  Cider – yum!), you’ll recognize the above from their bags.  I was musing over it and thinking that...

Wonderful

Above is what greeted me Monday when I came home from an evening out discussing politics. (Serious. We’re reading this book and preparing for this. Makes me feel grown up.)  Actually, before I even opened the door, I could smell wonderful spices and feel the warmth...

B-Town and BFFs

Our trip this weekend was to Brookings to celebrate our godson Asher’s birthday.  What a party it was! Aaron and Angela – Asher’s folks – are our BFFs.  We love them.  We miss them.  We hate Brookings and Daktronics for taking super smart Aaron and his...