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 […]
lid kid everyday life
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 […]
anna delores, thespian.
sooooo. here’s the thing. if you have known me for some time now, and can remember when the anna baby was an actual baby and then a toddler and then a child, you might recall that she was decidedly not one who basked in the spotlight. she was quiet and reserved, and preferred to not […]
my henry david thoreau birthday.
in what has now become an annual ritual, i spent the weekend of my forty ninth birthday on a solo tent camping excursion in the woods of hanging rock state park. after i dropped off the kids at school on friday, i came home and packed up the cherokee for her inaugural trip to this […]
october highlights, lowlights, and just regular lights, i guess.
whelp. it’s fully fall now. october has come and gone. allow me to tell you about it. first up. the gym. i actually changed gyms this month. long boring story. but didn’t feel like i was getting the value i was paying for. and privately owned gym was planning to move into a building nearby […]
do i remember? the 30 days of september?
it’s mid october as i sit to type this. i uploaded the pics awhile back. it all seems like a dream now. september was fast. and busy. a whirlwind. anna’s field hockey career was in full swing. she has absolutely loved the experience. and it was fun for me to have a little sports mom […]
pumpkins and apples and tweens and teens.
it’s the lovely time of year again. cooler temps. leaves turning. pumpkin spice in every direction. and you know our family is here for it all. this year, in our effort to celebrate all things fall, we hit up The Farm, located just a bit north of us in dobson, north carolina. of course, after […]
blaugust. (see what i did there?)
well well well. looky what we have here. it is currently september 2nd, and i’m wrapping up august. it’s an early autumn miracle!! somehow, between vacations and camps and practices and appointments, hazel and i were able to squeeze in a quick trip out to zebulon to visit our long lost pals who moved away […]