Sherry | July 11, 2010
Taylor Carlson, circa 1977 (note dishes in the dishwasher, not the fact that I let my baby play with lethal weapons) John Macy, circa 1982 (birthday #5—note dishes on the table) “What are the odds?” you might ask, that the Macy family and the Carlson family would choose the same pattern of dishes? Pretty good, [...]
Sherry | July 9, 2010
Just one time I might have slipped up and said the wrong thing to my young and impressionable daughter. It isn’t as if it hurt her feelings or scarred her for life. Or that she remembers it to this day. Or reminds me of it whenever the subject of feet comes up. We might not [...]
Sherry | July 8, 2010
Trust me. I couldn’t have missed this birthday if I tried. For months now Medicare supplement insurance companies (and funeral plan offers) have filled my mailbox with “helpful” information about their services. Since I’m blessed with a job I love, I don’t plan to start taking social security until my full retirement age, which is [...]
Sherry | July 4, 2010
Happy birthday, America! And to celebrate we threw all of our food cautions to the wind.
Sherry | July 2, 2010
A friend titled her blog “Five Kids Is a Lot of Kids,” and I can vouch for this now that I’ve had some personal experience to back it up. It wasn’t at all bad; after all, Quinn left me with four pages of helpful notes about who needed to be where when. I think logistics [...]