The other day I was looking for some dinner inspiration. And I noticed this sitting on the stack of recipes and cooking magazines that takes up most of my baker’s rack in the dining room. Luckily it was on top. Because, honestly, anything down farther in the pile tends to […]
Giraffes, guinea fowl, grandma and gooey* clay creations
Round these parts, Binder Park Zoo is pretty exciting. It’s the only place where you can get really, really close to very long, black giraffe tongues. What eight-year-old wouldn’t love that? So on my day off last week, Devin and I made a pitstop in Kalamazoo to pick up Grandma […]
Lagging a little behind…Father’s Day weekend: Sunday
The Sunday of Father’s Day weekend was all about relaxation and spending some more time with K & C. We headed downtown to the Blue Bridge to put our chalk skills to work before hitting Local Mocha for smoothies.
Father’s Day weekend: Saturday
Saturday consisted of a lot of housework — and a lot of water balloons! While Scott was at the gym, the kid and I filled up more than 30 balloons with plans to ambush him when he got home. But we got distracted and the father in question stayed dry. […]
Father’s Day weekend: Friday
We were a busy little family over Father’s Day weekend. And I was actually in a pretty zen place with my camera. Meaning I actually used it. My, oh, my. So I’ll start with Friday, shall I? Scott actually caught whiff of an event that I was unaware of. The […]
Taking a leap
Devin and I headed downtown this past Friday evening to pick up my race packet for the River Bank Run. With the thousands of people running this year’s race, the streets were pretty chaotic. So we found a parking garage within a reasonable distance and walked over with the rest […]
March in April
This morning there were snowflakes in the air. Tiny ones. Drifting aimlessly and harmlessly. But still. Snow. So let’s flash back to the warmer weather of March, since I skipped that month altogether. Ups and downs. Ups: blackberries, birthdays, books written by friends and hikes in some very atypical early […]
Sneaking one in before February ends
The snow days this year have fallen on Fridays. All two of them. Friday is a nice day for working from home…and entertaining a 7-year-old. Last year we whipped up some Star Wars pretzels during one of our days off. This year we turned to the over-ripe bananas on the counter for […]
Well, hello 2012!
Well, I’m finally getting to a post in 2012. Yikes! And in December I only had a single entry. What’s my world coming to? I realized not long ago that my online life has changed pretty dramatically over the past couple of years. My two places to be used to […]
Random Thanksgiving post in the middle of December
Because that’s the way I roll. We made a pie. Apple. It was tasty. And the kiddo has some serious nutmeg-grating skillz. At Grandma’s house we took a nice walk with the dog after dinner. The light was lovely. The boy was good company.