Child Labor
The girls are going to see Beyonce again, and Nicole owes me for her ticket. So, I’ve been having her work around the house and yard. So far she has washed cabinets, cleaned the...
Yearly Archive: 2014
Help in the Yard
Last weekend, I planted flowers. Meagan helped. These two did not: This weekend, Dave helped me by transplanting a bush. (Yes.) To the exact spot that I specifically pointed out to him and marked....
Advances in Photography
I finished that photography course I had bought a while back. What I learned is there are way too many things to keep track of in taking a good photo. As I mentioned, there are three...
#10 and Friends
Another emotional event in the month of May. This time Heather’s graduation. First, a little bit about #10. She is quite a bit like me. The determination, the high standards, the withering stares when...
More Fun with Electricity
My mother had some extra light fixtures that she gave me, and she came over to help me install one of them. We were not going to put up the second one because the...
Master Moody
It’s now official. My daughter is smarter than me. She received her masters this past weekend, and this is the stack of books I found on her desk: Of course, the fact that she...
Pretty Shady
Well, I’m ready to move again. And it’s not because of the snow, or ice, or deer. It’s because of the shade. The solar company figured out we only get sun on the roof...
Happy Mother’s Day…
To my mother who was a far better mom than she gives herself credit for. And it’s a little scary how much like her I am. Quote in Saturday’s Globe: “If you want to...
Mix and Match
I’ve been obsessed with the yard the past few days. I’ve been moving bushes around like crazy. It all started with that tree I had removed. I needed to put something in that spot....