We had to say goodbye to one of our dogs this week. We knew the time was near. Apollo had been mentally declining for months. We knew when we went to West Virginia in March that it would be his last trip down. He was finding it more and more difficult to navigate the stairs,…
Last weekend we ventured up to Cleveland for the annual Comicon. We attended in 2020 when it was Wizarding World, and then COVID shut the world down just after it. Of course it didn’t happen in 2021, and it went from WW to FanExpo. Last year was amazing. I met William Shatner and John de…
There’s a small doorway in our living room/library that enters a closet under the stairway. I think it’s a bit smaller than Harry’s closet, but nevertheless, we always call it the Harry Potter Closet. It was packed full of miscellaneous art canvases, bins of Legos, puzzles and games, and anything else that didn’t have a…
It’s the beginning of a new year… Alright, so it’s 3 months in to the new year already. But for almost everyone, it’s tax time. Having four kids equals deductions for us, so we always get a little bit back. We’ve been paying extra on our car payment, knowing it will be paid off sometime…
Our oldest kiddo turned 17 yesterday! She’s had a job for 6 months, puts money into savings and retirement every paycheck, and is just an all around responsible awesome person. We’ve been burned out with cookies, so we decided to visit my grandparents in the hills of West Virginia over the weekend. Grandma went all…