Grain, Pain, and Smiling in the Rain

Its as close to official as I can hope for. We are moving on Saturday. So many thoughts, fears, hopes, worries, excitements, WORK, things to...

Too bad I cannot whip up a poetic sonnet to express my mournful desire for warmer weather. I am on my way downhill to napville, and as usua...

Life is full of small rewards, like when your son USES a napkin. We can choose to live life in hesitant anticipation of those mountain momen...

Saw snow for the first time this afternoon, first time in two weeks anyways. Snuggled in at a Sleep Inn in southern West Virginia. We have a...

The above sign is posted outside out backyard pool. On the entertainment center propped up in front of a fake plant is a snapshot a rather l...

Woke up with a cold this morning. Truly, I knew when I went to bed what was coming. Drew has been sick since the trip coming down. He worsen...

No more Santa...Yes Drew did get his beard trimmed. Ali did clean him up before we left. I am not on my computer or I would upload a few new...

The big day is finally here. We are only a few hours, less really, from our Florida destination. Seems like it took us forever to get here. ...

How can someone be homesick if they haven't even left for vacation? I should be in the barn with Jer. Instead I am doing nothing; well w...

The picture is not from today but the activity could have been. The nasty weather led to canceled school. I snuggled in for a good half day ...

The happy newlyweds have been married just over two weeks and are now on their honeymoon in Gatlinburg Tennessee. I sure hope it is warmer t...

OK...so its been a while. And, this will be short. Alas, it is almost ten PM, the time of night I turn into something very ugly. So very muc...

It has been decided by group consensuses that seven consecutive days with babies is a few days too many. Not that it can't be done, and ...

In less than two weeks from today my son, will leave his home and begin a new chapter in his life; creating a new family, his own. I can sca...

The holiday and all its festivities has passed; gifts have been given and received. The giving as always far exceeds the getting in my book....

Before I was fully recovered from my tumble, the snot, slobber, drool, and other baby body fluids had did their duty to me and infected me w...

OK, Wednesday I fell off of Dory, fell off getting on, mounting. Never got all the way in the saddle, the horse went forward, then went forw...