Friday, September 11, 2026

A Picture Update: Happy Birthday Boom!

​Hello happy Friday! It’s Boom’s birthday and we had a great time celebrating with the fam tonight!


Happy birthday, Mom! We love you. 

As for the rest of the week, we had a catchup with a college friend, Chris worked in his “wood-shop,” I made an immunity booster called “Fire Cider,” and we got Luna’s memorial rock for our front yard. 


Have a lovely weekend! 

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Timehop Tuesday

​Hi all! We got a lovely surprise today and got to see one of our dear Luther friends, Angie, who was in town visiting colleges with her son. I don’t think we have seen her in at least 7 years, so it was delightful to catch up. And of course you know I had to go back into the college scrapbook to find something for Timehop! And boy did I: the top picture was from the spring of 2001, just a mere quarter of a century ago.



Monday, September 7, 2026

Weekend Wrap-Up

​Hi all! Happy Labor Day. It was a weekend with a good balance of rest time with a few fun things thrown in too. 

On Friday night, Maya fed the gerbils peanut butter (a big hit with Shadow and Nibbles, and ironically  not with Peanut) and Maya and I peeped Callie’s first performance with Pom squad at the food all halftime show. 


On Saturday morning we woke up early and headed to the fair! 






We did all the things in about 4.5 hours, so everyone was zonked on the way home…except for Alex. ;) I did some baking later in the day. 


Yesterday I went on the hunt for mini Dutch ovens and found exactly what I was looking g for at Turnstyle. So it was time for more baking…in the form of mini sourdough buns! 


And then we got a text that there is a new family Gosselin member…a new bloodhound puppy, EDNA! So we got to go visit her last night.



Today I did all of the baking of my mini sourdough buns. The fridge was full of all the dough overnight. And I also made a Brussels sprouts soup to eat out of a  newly baked bread bowl/bun. 


Baking bread and cooking soup are definitely two hobbies that are therapeutic for me. It has been a stressful couple of weeks with everything that happened with Luna and the school year starting. It felt good to just slow down and do something methodical and comforting. 

Back to the craziness tomorrow! 


Friday, September 4, 2026

A Picture Update

​We made it to Friday and I am exhausted! The only pics I have this week are back-to-school related. But first, a bonus picture of Cal with the other pins during the State Fair Parade they marched in last week! 


I started school Monday, and the girls started Tuesday.


I’ll leave you with 11th and 8th graders of the 90s, compared to 2026ers.

Edit: And I realized later I put the wrong year for 11th grade…it’s 1998! 


Have a great weekend. It’s Labor Day weekend, so I’ll be back on Monday with the wrap-up! 

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Timehop Tuesday

​I have a cousins dancing Timehop video today, with an appearance by a much younger Luna… ❤️ Click here to watch it.