Never Apart 2\/18\/2017:<\/a> A little doppelganger of my husband sits on my shoulder while I\u2019m clothes shopping. I pick up a shirt in a pretty shade of blue-green. \u201cNo teal!\u201d the little husband hollers in my ear. I move along. Next I find something in gray. \u201cToo drab,\u201d he objects. \u201cYou should wear brighter colors.\u201d I move along. Soon I spot a comfy-looking sweater. The little husband gets apoplectic over that one. \u201cThat\u2019s something your mother would wear!\u201d Is that such a bad thing? \u201cIt is!\u201d So the little husband steers me toward a more form-fitting sweater, but he nearly flips on me when I reach for the blue-green. \u201cI said no teal! Try the brown.\u201d I hesitate, because he did just tell me to wear brighter colors. \u201cIt\u2019s OK. It goes with your hair.\u201d He\u2019s right. It does.<\/p>\n You Didn’t Breathe 3\/15\/2017:<\/a> Dear Peeps, late last night I went downstairs to tell Faithful Reader something. He said, \u201cShhh. Peeps is making the strangest sounds.\u201d I stood on the stairs, listening, looking down on you. You were sleeping on your favorite spot on the couch. You stretched and relaxed. Faithful Reader said, \u201cHer eye is open.\u201d I said, \u201cShe looks dead from this angle.\u201d I was only joking, but then you didn\u2019t breathe. We waited for you to breathe, but you didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Kite and Flight 4\/29\/2017:<\/a> It\u2019s cute and frustrating and almost inspirational the way Livia refuses to believe us when we tell her that her homemade kite won\u2019t fly. Not only is the kite not built properly, but there\u2019s hardly any wind. Never mind. She believes she can do it if she tries hard enough and applies enough tape to the torn parts.<\/p>\n Improper Attire 5\/29\/2017:<\/a> Heard around the house: Hey, hey, hey! Cups are not shoes!<\/em><\/p>\n What a Mess 6\/19\/2017:<\/a> Total chaos in the kitchen!<\/p>\n Proud 7\/21\/2017:<\/a> Earlier this year I started working on a special photo album of nature pictures and posts. It took weeks just to sift through all my photos and writing. I found more material than could fit in a single album, so I split the project in two. Then I had to cut and paste, arrange, edit, and proofread. After months of working on it, it still wasn\u2019t finished, and I had begun to think it might never be.<\/p>\n My Vacation: Part I 8\/27\/2017:<\/a> Our vacation destination was a cottage on a lake located about six hours from our home. It\u2019s a long drive and, as is usually the case, we left late. We also hit traffic. As a result, we arrived after dark. My parents and my brother and his family had already arrived and selected their rooms. Aside from one room with a double bed on the main floor, all that was left was the basement, which smelled musty.<\/p>\n Now We’re Cooking 9\/12\/2017:<\/a> How to cook delicious soup in three easy steps:<\/p>\n It’s Saturday 10\/21\/2017:<\/a><\/p>\n A Perfect Day for a Hike<\/p><\/div>\n Life Without the Internet 11\/6\/2017:<\/a> A nor\u2019easter hit the Northeast on the Sunday before last. Had it brought snow, who knows how bad the damage might have been. As it was, the winds (hurricane-strength in some areas) knocked down trees and power lines all over the place.<\/p>\n All I Can Do Is Laugh 12\/9\/2017:<\/a> I have my own particular set of sayings that I use frequently. One of them is \u201cmake it snappy.\u201d I use this saying on the kids when they\u2019re slow to do whatever it is they\u2019ve been told to do. But Marshall has decided to take the saying literally. If I tell him to \u201cmake it snappy,\u201d he starts snapping his fingers and doing a little dance. Usually we\u2019re in a rush, so I ought to get angry when he starts dancing instead of following my instructions. His snappy dance is just so hysterical that all I can do is laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last year brought me and my family a mix of good and bad. We had an abundance of humor and good times spent together. But a lot of things went wrong, from the minor inconveniences to the major traumas. My … Continue reading \n
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