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My weekend in photos

Family. Food. Fireworks. Fun. Fiftybazillion kids. We hosted. We cooked a lot. We ate a lot. Bang! Boom! Pow! Ohhh. Ahhh. I are teh tired. So, here are the highlights of my weekend. In order of age. Elaine Katie Stephanie Nathaniel Rosemary Rachael Peyton We had a pretty good-looking weekend, wouldn’t you say?

I am full of thankful

“Bad things have happened, but we’ve managed to endure it.” Not exactly the wonderful frame of mind one wants to take into Thanksigiving. But really?  We have not had the best track record. 2005 brought a stroke for me and a fall full of physical therapy and worries of what kind of mother I would [...]

I am made of tired

Update on mom: she is much better, she is now home and improving daily, the blood clots in her legs and lungs are apparently starting to dissolve as she is noticing a big difference in her ability to breathe. A good thing, no? I’m staying in Daytona for a while to be home health care [...]

Good thing these butterflies didn’t know what happened in my kitchen last week

Callaway Gardens, a resort/nature playland in GA that I have fallen in love with. Not because of the weather, mind you, but it has been fun out of our normal spectrum every step of the way. If you’ve seen one butterfly you’ve seen them all, right? I mean, I killed two just last week! Oh [...]