Alternately Titled: Upon My Going Flippin’ Crazy The month of August is like one long and drawn-out Sunday night. So much to do…so little summer! Here in Minnesota, we are trying to drain the season to its dregs while—simultaneously—cleaning the classroom and buying supplies and making last-minute tweaks to the curriculum. It is an odd and … [Read more...]
Maggie’s Quick Picks
On the TVSoul Surfer comes out on DVD today and if you haven’t seen it, you must. You must! Dennis Quaid? Wonderful. Helen Hunt? Too thin but still wonderful. AnnaSophia Robb? Wonderful! She’s grown up a lot since Because of Winn-Dixie but she is still just as sweet and does a great job in the role of Bethany Hamilton, a dedicated & … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
The Old Yeller Edition“Now the thing to do,” [Pa] went on, “is to try to forget it and go on being a man.”“How?” I asked. “How can you forget a thing like that?”He studied me for a moment, then shook his head. “I guess I don’t quite mean that,” he said. “It’s not a thing you can forget. I don’t guess it’s a thing you ought to forget. What I mean … [Read more...]
Summer Spas & Spoiling Mama
It’s been incredibly hot around here. We’re talking temps near 100 and the dripping humidity to go along with. It’s gotten so bad, y’all, that (apparently) I’ve started saying y’all!(This would be a show of sympathy for my friends down south—a desperate attempt, as it were, to get them to leave a comment and tell me how they cope.)We do not go out … [Read more...]
Sunday Snapshot
(as conceived and inspired by our much-loved Lissa)I call this one The Step-Sisters.Ha.I hope you are up to something fun today. Me, I am busy busy busy getting ready for some company tonight. We're talking Shiraz, jalapeno peach dip, and frozen mudslides chez nous.(Can.)(Not.) (WAIT.)Happy Sunday, everyone! … [Read more...]
Summer Deliciousness
Our Sunday night family fun included the movie True Grit (for the boys & oldest daughter) and these cherry pie-flavored milkshakes:Photo Courtesy of Dessert for TwoYum, yum and even more yum!They are wonderful, and much more economical made at home than if you were to buy them at Culver’s or DQ. (I am all about saving money these days. Leaves … [Read more...]
Guinea Pig Dreams
“I think I’ve been reading Calvin and Hobbes too much,” Angela announced at breakfast.I hid my smirk behind my coffee mug. For a girl like Angela to be reading Calvin at all…Well, it’s a bit like giving a book on bank robbery to the 6-year-old Jesse James.“Why is that?” I continued to hide my smirk, all innocent query and parental concern.She … [Read more...]
Gaellic Rain
This could be a post—a full-fledged post—about the Scottish fair we attended today.Instead it’s a post—a wee little post—that must tell in five photos...His name was Braveheart. I didn’t catch hers. ...what we saw in the briefest of hours today.‘Twas raining, me friend, and bitter cold…Sibling rancor is overcome by spun sugar! I had to capture that … [Read more...]
Minnesota Winters: How We Cope
Part III 1/2Yes, of course I went in my son’s fort.What kind of a blogger would I be if I didn’t?A safe and warm one, that’s what kind.Here’s the view as I army crawled inside, feeling pretty darn nervous about that plywood. I was certain that it’d collapse on me, in which case my blog would get a new name.“Flat Margaret.”Coming soon to a computer … [Read more...]
Minnesota Winters: How We Cope
Part III(You can read Part I here and Part II here. )Ed. Note: This is a test of the Emergency Blogging System. Do people read blogs on Friday night? I intend to find out.My husband cleaned the basement thoroughly (thank you, Husband!) and now the mice have no place to play.Poor mice.In sorting through some errant camping stuff, he found a … [Read more...]
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