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Mean People Got…No Reason

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 14 Comments

Our first family-sized vehicle was a Honda Odyssey. How HUGE it seemed when I first started driving it. It terrified me, and yet......as you can see, I have since made the adjustment to driving largish vehicles.One of the first things I did when we got the Odyssey was accessorize it--not with fuzzy dice or scented pine trees, mind, but rather...my … [Read more...]

Minnesota Winters: How We Cope

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Reviews 6 Comments

Part II(You can read Part I here.)Even though the Arctic air has gone away, we still have thirteen days left in the month of February, and once those red & pink decorations come down, whadda we got? Nothin'! Not 'til the green of St. Patrick's day, anyway, and even then it's still not spring.Not in the great state of Minnesota, anyway.Here we … [Read more...]

Scenes from the Feast

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Sports Stuff 16 Comments

Subtitled: I ate, drank, and made merry...and now this morning I must diet.So tell me. Did you watch the game?And if you did, ate you Doritos?That picture of Angela pretty much sums up our evening: soda, chips, eyes fixed to the screen.~ Photo by Felicity ~ Except at the end when there was that 3-point difference. I couldn't look!(But I … [Read more...]

As always, the theme turns back to football.

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, My Girls 5 Comments

It’s family fun night and we’re watching a movie, The Secret of Kells.It’s different. I’m not sure what I think of it.Anyway, there is a scene where some Vikings attack the monastery. There are arrows; there is death. “Those guys are mean!” I exclaim. “Why’d we name our football team after them?”To Angela, the answer was obvious.“Because they’re … [Read more...]

Buster the Horse

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Toddler George 14 Comments

This is George.Wait. Let me amend that.This is George and his new rocking horse, Buster.I’ll pull back a bit so you can see the whole thing:As you can see, it has been so long since the last time I posted that George is now five and will be leaving for kindergarten in the fall.Except that we home-school.And they don’t accept barefoot kids, … [Read more...]

Snowy November Saturday

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 21 Comments

It’s baaaaaaack! Overheard: “I’ve waited all spring for this!”Overlooked: The snowballs lobbed at little sisters.(Not really. Eventually I told him to stop.)(Which was No Fun in his opinion.)On the inside looking out...On the outside looking in...(My stockinged feet were so so cold.)And on the inside staying dry.“What’s all the hubbub?” Greta the … [Read more...]