My mom remembers huddling in it with her 9 siblings during crazy Kansas storms. I remember hesitantly descending the cement steps into the musky damp to retrieve one of hundreds (it seemed) of jars of canned pears. And then there’s this. Just like the generation before him, all 34 of us, running up and down [...]
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After bathing children one day last week, this was all that was left, and I had to have a picture. “Can’t wait to read that blog post,” my husband joked, knowing I would never take a photo of the dirty tub for any other reason. And he’s right. But a filthy bathtub cannot go unnoticed [...]
We’re trying to “go green” around here a little more each year. It’s all about the baby steps, right? The thing is, we’re also a little spoiled. If “going green” means using lesser quality, more uncomfortable products, that doesn’t work for me. Selfish? Probably. But I’m not willing to spend my money on products I [...]
After my 9:15 baby check yesterday, my tag-along and I headed to main street to visit the health foods store and drop off a couple boxes at the consignment store. Only… those stores aren’t open at 9:45. In fact, as we walked up and down a couple blocks, searching for an open business, the one [...]
