The very first thing I do before I sit down and plan out meals for the week is jot down various events / meetings / activities during the week. Seems like a normal thing to do, but you’d be surprised at how often I forget to do that, until I discover I’ve got 45 minutes…
summer! summer! summer!
Today is the last day of school, and even though it doesn’t mean long, lazy days ahead for me, it’s still a completely different mindset. I’m particularly excited for E – she graduated from elementary school on Wednesday and she has the whole summer to look forward to. Trips to grandparents’ and cousins’ houses, a…
(story)time: The Keeping Quilt and This is the Rope
This week I’ve been thinking about (and missing) my grandmother. It started when F was playing with her dolls over the weekend, and she was making them a bed with a quilted iris wall hanging my grandmother made for me many years ago, and later that night when I found her snuggled up under another…