Day 4509

 And then we were at trade war…

Day 4508

 A whole household held in thrall by books and Japanese Rural Life…

Day 4507

 Still trying to figure out why holds tend to come in immediately after I pick up holds…

Day 4506

 In retrospect, I should not have taught the five year old the word booty.

Day 4505

 Life lessons that I should have learned well before today: if husband says he can’t move the screw, leave it alone. Don’t kick “hard snow”.

Day 4504

 Pro Tip: experience technical difficulties in advance.

Day 4503

 Going to the library is almost like weightlifting, right?

Day 4502

 Goodnight 

Day 4501

That glorious feeling when your kid is doing all of the planning to get ready for her field trip…

Day 4500

 It’s official; Bertram is really still like a puppy. Even the vet says so!

Day 4499

 You’d think after ten years I would have figured out that I shouldn’t get the children all riled up while they get ready for bed…

Day 4498

 Taking a sick day when there’s an extreme cold warning does not seem like a bad approach.

Day 4497

 No more birthday parties.

Day 4496

 I was not expecting to become a Trash Ambassador in 2025.

Day 4495

 A lesson some people had to learn today: if you’re going to cancel school due to weather, do it before the busses have started picking up kids.

Day 4494

 Time to listen to horse music… the Irish Tenors.

Day 4493

 And now… walking on shoes on snow!

Day 4492

 Turns out playmates look less worse if you wipe them down… ever.

Day 4491

Someday I will learn that less rampage and more plan can mean result in less cleanup.

Day 4490

 You can’t even abandon this dog for a short shovel without him disgracing himself…

Day 4489

 I have a talent for starting howls unintentionally.

Day 4488

 TRASH!

Day 4487

 Vampires, zombies, ….thieves?!?!

Day 4486

 Maybe we should always space out our Christmas baking. Is March too late for fruit cake?

Day 4485

 Am I genealogy old now?

Day 4483

Back to school lunches and morning alarms… it’s going to be a very quiet house tomorrow.

Day 4482

 If you don’t want your kids to act up when you go their grandparents’ house, get them vaccinated first.

Day 4481

Some people can count higher than a quadrillion, right mommy?

Day 4480

 At what point does the public library stage an intervention?

Day 4479

 Books and board games are a good way to start the new year.