wave hello again.

Whew, getting behind again on the blog posts. I guess I’ve been too busy also getting behind on my Duolingo streak. I’m thankful for Duoling...

Well; what do you know? Photos suddenly work in blogger again?? (Or maybe not suddenly… I haven’t tried posting one in over a year.) I’m tha...

I usually write my thankful post about Matt on his birthday, since his birthday is in November, but I’m going to write it today, because I f...

I had this random memory when I poured myself a bowl of cereal today… When I was 19, I studied abroad in Vienna, Austria: a foundational exp...

For the first time since before Covid, I’m taking most of my kids to the Mall today to visit the war memorials for Veterans Day. (Ida and I ...

I always have a Thanksblogging post about being thankful for my house. And I am! I have been so grateful to have had a cozy and affordable p...

I can’t remember the last time we had a Saturday with no meets or games, no church activities, no volunteer events, no obligations outside o...

I’ve always loved pomegranate seeds as a snack but did not enjoy the work it took to get them out of the fruit. They’re pretty easy to find ...

I mean… sort of. We have so much candy. I brought all the Halloween leftovers and rejects to work and the college students were happy to par...

It all started when my brother-in-law Bruce gifted me a vintage green Schwinn. At the time, Polly was just about a year old and big enough t...

Because it’s the end of the first school quarter—which (I think purposely) ended with a half day on Halloween and the second quarter will be...

I’m a little anxious waiting for the results of Tuesday’s election… but I think I’m less anxious than I was in 2016 and 2020. I’m trusting t...

It’s that time again! Thanksblogging time!! I take Advil PM (which is basically Advil + Benadryl) a couple of times a year, whenever I’m too...

Just popping in since apparently it’s been 3 months since I wrote a blog post, yikes! This is a busy year. College applications and driving ...

Part of my volunteer work includes sharing a devotional at community meetings. I have been thinking a lot about “the worth of souls” in rece...

Time for some 2024 Polly quotes. (Pausing to pray before drawing a playing card) “Please help this card to be a 7… and make everything ok… a...

Did I tell you I am training for another marathon? Well… I am. Glutton for punishment I suppose, but also I want to beat Oprah Winfrey’s mar...

Well hello there. Still here, I see! I just popped in to assure you that I am alive. I feel like this winter/spring has been a tiny bit of a...

I learned a lot about myself last year when training for a marathon. I specifically learned that some days will just not work. Some days I j...

Second week of February and I am on my 8th book so far this calendar year. I’m not sure I’ve read this much this quickly since college! I th...

Raffi was barking at Matt as he made himself his dinner. Polly went in to give Raffi his dinner and I overheard her soothing words to him: ...

I love January. Have I said this before? I used to hate it and now I love it. Fresh starts. First snows. Cleaning up alllll the holiday detr...

Ok so I was thinking about how grateful I am to have a warm place to lie down and not to have to work, or really do anything, while I am sic...

Well I still have a few Thanksblogging posts to catch up on 😅 I’m just here to complain for a minute. I have Covid. Bah humbug! I realized ...

Still plodding along with my Thanksblogging catchup… I love names. I love choosing names for people and animals, I love judging the names ot...

So thankful for this sister (in law) of mine, on her birthday. She’s a dollface too and since I can’t post photos anymore you’ll just have t...

This is by far the most dates I’ve missed in Thanksblogging. I blame the move/marathon/puppy/ also not being able to post photos on my blogg...

Two days late and multiple dollars short: I am so thankful for Matt. Twenty years later, he continues to show me that marrying him was the b...

Is this cheating because I already did a puppy-related one where I’m thankful for the vet? I guess there’s no cheating when it’s a game I ma...

I mean… sheesh. What a dollface. You may or may not have noticed that my posts don’t have photos lately, I blame Blogger/Google; anyway, if ...

I attempted to go on a 2-mile “shakeout” jog today (been a week since the marathon) and ended up shortening it to 1 mile because my legs fel...

I enjoyed this interview with André 3000, whose new album dropped today. I liked his thoughts on anxiety, and I liked his thoughts on art. E...

Sheesh, I am so behind in my thankful posts. Running on fumes over here. We got a puppy!! And he immediately got sick 😭😭 likely from eatin...

I trained hard for my first marathon—which was yesterday—and it paid off. I was lucky to have great weather and to be in great health; I was...

“Everything the light touches is our kingdom…” (please say this in your best James Earl Jones voice)  Is it a little prosaic to be thankful ...

The kids had a 4-day weekend for the end of the quarter + Election Day. I feel like we’ve all been going-going-going for about 3 months now ...

Interrupting Thanksblogging for an important message… I have been meaning to write a fully fleshed out blog post about this with citations ...

This weekend we filled 40+ bags of leaves and there is no end in sight. But I’m still very thankful for the changing leaves! (Maybe check wi...

Our longtime neighbor’s dog, Ruthie, died this week. She was 15 years old and it was time but it was so hard for her family and hard for all...

I have done thankful posts in November for several years now and I always say thanks for my house. It feels so weird to say thanks for my ho...

I almost forgot about Thanksblogging! I’m not sure if it’s Blogger, the BlogTouch app, or Google Photos; but my photos keep disappearing. On...

Ok so we are officially out of the townhouse after two furious weeks of packing and moving, and two chaotic weeks of unpacking and losing t...