Okay, last night at bedtime our sheets were still in the dryer. He helped me put them on the bed, one of us on each side. I love this man, stuffing pillows into flowered pillowcases, helping me get the top sheet straight. Before supper he patiently cut down a tree I wanted gone. I brought […]
a cute little gopher-cheeked cowboy from years ago Kari and James have been working on some worksheets about Arkansas for a while now. This workbook features several pages of detailed info on each state. They pick away at it until they announce they can’t take it anymore and move on to the next state. I
Kirsten took this picture of Kari, and for the record, Kari’s a very patient girl… Kirsten’s car? The mechanic finally called tonight about 7. It’s the fuel pump! It’s a straightforward problem with straightforward solution. Whew. That car is so twitchy and glitchy, it makes us incredibly nervous whenever it acts up. But this we
A strange thing happened last week. As I was going out the front door, I slipped. Snow was melting on the roof over the second floor, dripping down and re-freezing again on the cold stone below. My feet flew out and I landed on my poor back, one stair cracked across the middle of the
Okay so his hands are sore. It’s cold and the air is dry, the tools are cold, it’s all a misery when the temps don’t rise above 10 degrees F. My hands are in too much water also, and I get those same cracks and exquisite piercing pains. Fingers are so sensitive. He fell asleep
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Just before everyone came for supper, the washer flooded and we realized the drain line was clogged, had to call the drain cleaner out. But it was quite a sight, hot sudsy water flowing all across the kitchen floor. The kids hollered, “We need a plumber! Call a plumber!” Jay was crawling around on his
