I’ve been running around the house like a madwoman cursing and going on just about every time I enter the kitchen. Everly thinks my rants are funny, I am not amused though. The cause: tiny black ants that are seeking warmth and moisture under things like the espresso machine and the water distiller. It’s a...

No, I am not talking scarlet fever or hay fever… It’s SPRING fever around here! Thankfully we’ve kicked our cold (I should say E and I kicked it, N might be coming down with it now). So things are more productive here especially since the weekend was warmer than usual, basically it was NOT jacket weather...

I’ve used and ENTIRE roll of toilet paper on just my nose blowing today and it hasn’t even been a full day yet! I used up all the Puffs tissue and grabbed a roll of TP this morning. Basically I am just crazy congested today. The throat soreness has passed and no new symptoms have surfaced...

The postal pledge dates back to Herodotus (484-425 B.C.) who said: “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat nor gloom of night stays these Couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” (source) Well, if you live in my neighborhood this pledge does not ring true! Snow, trash cans and even cars...

We all just got back from the doctor. Bit the bullet and went in this morning after E and I once again came down with the same symptoms we initially had on the drive back from Arizona. Sniffy/ runny nose, sore throat, cough… It’s just a cold and not strep, thankfully. The way I am feeling...

We had 2 whole days to stay home and chill this last weekend. Friday night to Saturday morning it snowed 3 inches. Apparently it was lots of snowfall for the area… 2nd highest snowfall record according to the National Weather Service. It’s nothing compared to the roof collapsing snow we dodged on our way home from...

Whew! After a week on the road we needed a day to decompress after getting back to Evansville. Yesterday we sat around in our PJ’s, did many loads of laundry, scrubbed cat vomit from the carpets, cleaned cat boxes… You know all the chores and stuff that go undone while you are away. Everly was a...

Several months back we managed to have some professional photos of Everly taken by a Julia of Livingstone Photography. After trying for months to hook up with our previously selected photographer we were just about to throw in the towel and have photos done at a department store or something. I tweeted my photographer frustrations and...

I know 2009 was a bad year for so many, lots of people are ready for a new start… We are too, but for us 2009 was basically a good year. Sure there were hard times, bad moments, struggles, hardships but all in all we were very blessed. I was pregnant with our first child as...

I never thought I would be such a gingerbread cookie fiend! Last week we made up a ton of cookies to get in the holiday spirit and also so N would have cookies to take in to work for everyone. We’d been trying different gingerbread cookie recipes each year, nothing was particularly impressive and I thought...