The world is a mess, and everyone is just trying to survive. That seemed to be 2025’s theme, but it didn’t start off that way. Logging back into this blog, I see 4 draft posts for 2024 that I never finished. They need photos and refinement. Maybe that’ll happen this year, maybe not… Despite that,…
Tag: ramblings
Do What You Love…
It’s Groundhog Day! Phil has told us Spring is in the air. No shadow this year (despite us being able to see his shadow, apparently it did not spook him). Have you ever watched this ceremony? All those guys with top hats, reading from scrolls, being all Monopoly Guy proper. How does one become the…
Reflections on Life
Things always seem to be busy. I have tons of blog posts I haven’t written. We’ve been doing house renovations, the older two kids started ground school, we’ve had holidays, gone to see real mummies, went to the hills, had our last visit (unless someone breaks something) with the Orthopedic Pediatric Surgeon. There are cars…
Goodbyes are Hard
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,…
It’s Fall, Ya’ll!
My favorite season! Autumn, Fall, Mabon celebrations, leaves, apples, sweaters, fires, flannels, blankets, fog… the list goes on. September is always a busy month. Our county fair happens, our anniversary is this month, Fall festivals happen, scouts and school start up, Christmas setup at work starts, and now this year, the oldest started a part-time…



