by Annie | Feb 28, 2014 | Domestic Church
Here we are on the final day of February. Tomorrow Armadillos will open and the high in town will be -6. -6! It must be March. Always the hardest month . . . A friend so wisely pointed out the beauty of Lent falling this way for us in these northern climes. The agony...
by Annie | Feb 25, 2014 | Gettin Schooled, Kids!
Sochi 2014 and all that it was is over and done. You’d think we’d be moving on to other things. At least that’s what I assumed would happen. Silly me! On Sunday afternoon we watched the very end of the bobsledding finals and then about 20 minutes of...
by Annie | Feb 21, 2014 | Kids!
This Christmas a friend of mine gifted me with a fancy Mary Kay scrubbing brush. Like an electric toothbrush, as it were, for your face. It is amazing. I have thoroughly enjoyed using it twice daily since I was surprised by its arrival. Then . . . Last week as I was...
by Annie | Feb 19, 2014 | Speaking of me. . .
It’s not much these days, what I know. Or, more accurately, what I know isn’t worth a whole heck of a lot. But on days that feel as slippery as ice and when clarity seems elusive, it’s good to remember that I DO know some things with certantity....
by Annie | Feb 6, 2014 | Kids!
Gemma . . . Gemma, Gemma, Gemma! What are you supposed to do with a 2-year-old who is too smart for their own good? I alternate between laughing uproariously at her antics and wanting to curl up in a fetal position and cry my eyes out. No joke. She’s a spit...