our fam has been fans of the strumbellas since way back in the day when we lived on the road. last year, we had the opportunity to see them live in chapel hill and it was the most fun concert (show, if i’m being pretentious) that i’ve ever been to. so, when they announced their […]
long cold boring january.
i’ll warn you in advance. this might be the most boring month recap post of my 20+ years of blogging. for starters, like half of the month was snow days for the kids. some legit. some not. by the end of it, they were losing their minds a little. just before the new year, i […]
nineteen years of ike-zilla
hard to believe it, but this guy has been on the scene for nineteen whole years. for his birthday, he arranged a flag football game with an assortment of his pals. then, as sometimes happens in January, the weather was quite uncooperative. but, they found a time to squeeze it in, despite the frigid temps, […]
it is december.
december is always chock full of all of the things. hazel’s birthday. school mayhem. christmas festivities. actual christmas. and then just general life chaos. here’s some details of that last line item…. first of all. we are back in the full swing of hazel’s basketball career. she’s playing for the wccc league again. i’m not […]
two christmases (actual and swedish).
just like every other morning here in my late forties, on december 25th, i awakened at 430 am or so. it worked out nicely, because i hadn’t done the stockings the night before, so i had PLENTY of time to do that and still savor (many) a cup of coffee. in the dark. in the […]
the annual application of colorful sugars and fda approved chemicals to baked goods, 2025 edition.
every year.every year i’m like “next year, we aren’t making all of these cookies”.and then twelve months pass by. the christmas chaos cortisol settles. the sugar is detoxed. a new holiday season is upon us. and before i know it, i’m six different recipes and 15 dozen cookies deep, and even though sugar cookies are […]
the crazelnut is twelve.
somehow, it’s been twelve years since this moment. time feels like it’s accelerating.when your kids are babies, they tell you this will happen.the wise older folk do. savor it, they say.and it seems so foreign, because those baby days feel like 57 hours each.but here we are, our very last baby barreling towards her teen […]
bills mafia pillows x 2.
when i first began this post, i was going to tell you about the second pillow that i just made, and reference the first one, that i made back in march. but then, i couldn’t find a post about that first one, so now we are going to talk about them both. so. back in […]
a recap of november 2025.
firstly. let’s just get it out of the way. here’s some gym selfies. i’ve really cut back lately. the being hobbled has definitely hindered my gymfluencer aspirations. of course, when i take them, i still make them wacky and post weird things, just to ensure no one takes me all that seriously. it’s been a […]
thanksgiving, etc.
this year, we made the executive decision not to travel to western new york for thanksgiving. it’s just a lot to get us all up there for such a quick trip in the middle of this busy season and with unpredictable weather conditions. when i told my mom we weren’t coming, she decided that they […]