Adventures in cooking, crafting, reading, child-rearing, and general craziness! Monday, March 12, 2012. Where the Wild Things Are! Thrown some fun parties, traveled to Chicago with a baby, graded. My baby is now entering toddlerhood. I love him so much. Now, in full disc.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Hightime for an Update! Well my friends, it has been a long time since I dusted off the keyboard to type an update on our family and its happenings. There ARE mommas with more kids than me who keep up with blogging.

Is there life after Empty and Broken? Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Happy bittersweet birthday, dear Owen. Not that physically being somewhere other than home really helps you outrun the grief. Yet, here we are, in San Diego. It looks okay from the surface, but if you touch it. Boy does it hurt just like the original wound. Oh, just like BigBro! And -.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012. When we visited Maui in 2006, I planned on hiking, snorkeling and relaxing. For the most part, that is exactly what happened. But then a friend of ours asked if I wanted to go scuba diving, and I said yes. I am a pretty adventerous person. I like to try new things. But the ocean has always scared me. Oh ya, totally natural. And then I was scuba diving. It is difficult to describe the feeling of scuba diving. I felt empowered as I did something.

Sunday, August 16, 2015. The other day I was eating lunch in the break room at work, which this time of year sometimes resembles a farmers market. Or that much of anything for that matter. Of these fantastic treats and treasures, made from scr.