Jay took Tim, Julia, and Kari and headed to his parents for the day. Those little circles are filled pastry Lydia baked to bring along. It was rainy and overcast at first, but later warm enough for a walk. There was good food, cards, a couple boat rides, cousins, all in all a really great […]
a pretty day up north Read More »
This one was taken at the bedroom window, above. And Sidney, happy Maria is home for the weekend. love, Val
two pictures from Friday Read More »
It’s a quiet week, not much going on. The kids have been playing this weird, goofy game. It’s kind of like charades. You don’t know what the tag on your headband says, and the other person has to act it out. Life’s real lively in the back hallway: Sidney is doing okay with Maria being
I went for a walk to the dam this morning. Jay ran after to catch up. And then after this we grilled some burgers and cleaned up and came back to the city. It was a great weekend, low-key and beautiful. Onward. love always, Mom, aka Grandma
A movie, cribbage, shrimp. Sidney is having a better week, getting used to being without Maria every single day. Just Saturday night at the cabin, same old thing. I like it that way. love, Val
We headed out across the lake. This cabin is on the island. It’s a cool place, but we’ve never seen anyone there. Plus, it would be such a nusiance to have to ferry everything over every time. But it’s pretty and kind of wild and intriguing. Mostly perch were caught. Cranes? Not sure. One
a sunny fishing trip Read More »
Colors are starting to change. A few cold nights, another couple weeks, it’ll look completely different. The air was sharp and the colors of the sky and lake and everything else seemed to be too. love, Val
beginning of fall, 2013 Read More »
Yesterday we tackled this room on the agenda and cleaned this place up. Bags went to ARC. The closets were cleaned. The only one left is that back right-hand closet where all the sewing crap is. I feel like that closet is a separate project. See that big gray tube going to the water heater?
Okay, these are some neglected points in the home here I intend to deal with this week: This room could take all day, honestly. It’s hard to know where to start. But today, no problems–the kids hung out. I worked. It was all good. The dog napped on the back steps: She spun around on
the rest of the week, a jumble Read More »
