2/16: Asking for a friend. Actually, asking for 3 friends. The 3 friends who have given me/us a Menards gift card in the last year-ish. That was intended for like… puppy preparation, right? Not house projects or a basement remodel or anything of that nature? Ok, cool. Just checking. REGGIE comes home on Sunday! 2/18:Continue reading “Yes, We’re a Little Obsessed”
Category Archives: Thoughts
It’s Going to be Okay
A year ago, it had become official. People knew. And then it got really real – we were moving. Leaving friends, familiarity, routines, everything I loved about my town and my home- none of that scared me. I knew I could do it, because I had done it before. It’s hard, and it’s sad, andContinue reading “It’s Going to be Okay”
Surprise! Meet Reggie!
Tim and I are TERRIBLE at keeping secrets from one another. We love to pull off surprises for other people, but we just can’t keep anything from each other … secrets, gifts, or … PUPPIES! Little Reggie joins our family in 2 weeks. I was planning to come home from a girls weekend with aContinue reading “Surprise! Meet Reggie!”
Our First Babies
Both our boys loved fresh snow so much. It’s now one year we’ve been without a dog, and, appropriately, it’s snowing like crazy today. My heart is just so full having loved them both – except for the little corner of it that misses them hard. I took this pic on our last vacation pre-Libby.Continue reading “Our First Babies”
Our Own Kind of Winter Fun
The sled? Not such a fan. Pretty sure the neighbors thought we were torturing her. But the Horsey Swing? Thrilled. THRILLED. #werideinthesledtogettotheswing#youcandoit
morning hair, don’t care
Double Christmas Miracle
It’s a DOUBLE Christmas Miracle! Today marks 7 months since we closed on our home and “officially” moved to Wisconsin. In many, many ways we have been richly blessed through these months and in this place. So know that this is coming from a place of overall gratitude and contentment. We knew that moving toContinue reading “Double Christmas Miracle”
Mean Mommy
When you have a forgetful mommy who didn’t pack spare pants for therapy, and also a mean mommy who can’t stop giggling about her little chicken legs sticking out of these adult size paper shorts
Fast Friends
Jamie Bear was a gift from Tim just before I left for home for Thanksgiving Break, 2001. There had not yet been that official boyfriend/girlfriend talk, but he wanted to send something special along with me. Boy, did my mom have questions Questions I couldn’t answer yet because I had never had a boyfriend andContinue reading “Fast Friends”
(still) Quarantined
Quarantine Day = 7 Average temp = 98.4 Coughs, sniffles, other signs = 0 Hours at the piano = 5,002 “Stop whining, what do you want?!?” = also 5,002 Mornings slept past 4 AM = 1 (but that’s normal) Snuggles and giggles = plenty but never enough Gratitude = always, in all things
Thy Will Be Done 