Good Morning and Happy Sunday! The sun is bright and the air is crisp outside the door in my little corner of the Fort. It's also very quiet here as Serra stayed the night with friends. Actually, did rather well with the quiet this time. I guess it's a good thing my laundry didn't get done yesterday and I could turn on the washer for some noise! What did we do this week? It took Serra about an hour to make up the schoolwork from the three days that she was out. Probably a good thing considering she had a busy week with pep band for basketball, an extra weekly rehearsal for concert band and boxing class that she is...
Good Morning and Happy Sunday! It is cold, crisp and bright blue in my little corner of the Fort today. I know that it is wintertime, but it is good to see the sun after the week of grey skies. I am glad we are past the solstice and getting more light. What did we do this week? With the holiday, ice storm and a stomach bug for Serra we stayed put. A lot of ginger in the forms of tea and ale along with soup and she was back to her usual self on Saturday. I imagine talking with big sis helped on Friday night as well. Today will be spent catching up on the three days she missed...
Good Morning and Happy Sunday! It's a beautiful sky out there today and not too cold either. Hoping this year does not become one of constant repairs. Last week it was the car getting hit, this week it was my watch stopping. Here's hoping the repairs don't take too long as my neck feels rather naked without it. We are tired this morning. As some of you may have guessed from the title, today is travel day. Amanda is taking off back to school. Four am is early to be awake. Serra and I are back in the Fort hoping the day goes smoothly for travel and getting back to campus tomorrow. Hopefully someday the kid will have a "normal" college...
Good Morning and Happy Sunday! Mother Nature has finally decided to grace us with a bit of winter in my little corner of the Fort. Two storms the last couple of weeks have dropped about a foot of snow. On first glance outside the sky looks grey and bleak. Then I look to the east and there is a brilliant stretch of orange from the rising sun. Even though our culture only recognizes rebirth at the turning of the year if you stop to take a moment and look, you can see it every day. What did we do this week? It was a return to routine with the occasional jolts along the way. Daddy headed back over to the...
Good Morning and Happy Sunday! Winter decided to arrive all at once in my little corner of the Fort just before the end of the old year. We have been graced with six inches of snow and below zero temperatures. The cold made it very hard to get out of a cozy bed today! What have we been up to during Limbo week? The time between Christmas and New Year's is always an odd one. You're done with the buildup to the holidays but there's not really anything that can be done until the beginning of January. I totally understand why people take it completely off and why some companies simply close up for the week. My problem is that...
