Sherry | January 31, 2011
I don’t overdo the grandkid thing, do I? I mean, I so easily could! All six, nearly seven, are exceptional. But maybe from time to time I’ll get the urge to feature one here, and you wouldn’t mind that, I’m sure. Here’s what Marissa looked like when she became my granddaughter. How many ways can [...]
Sherry | January 29, 2011
Today we celebrated the upcoming birth of “Little Macy,” scheduled to arrive in two or three weeks. Is Little Macy a boy or a girl? Yes! S/he has a name too, but John and Erin will wait to announce that after the birth. So we have lots of surprises in store. You can barely see [...]
Sherry | January 25, 2011
We got a call today from the bank that sponsors our credit card, that plastic wonder that makes spending money so easy. Turns out someone tried to rip us off. One $5,100+ charge for industrial supplies and another $500+ for something I was too dazed to remember. Thankfully we pay a little bit each month [...]
Sherry | January 22, 2011
Sometime between October and now, our backyard had a transformation. We hired a landscaper to do it. Here’s the disaster they got to work with. You’re right…it doesn’t look so bad from this angle. But halfway toward the apple tree, you can see the trouble. Roots left big gullies in the grass. And right up [...]
Sherry | January 20, 2011
Raise your hand if you’d rather eat vegetables! Than anything else? So maybe I’m the only one who would choose anything else over vegetables (with a few exceptions—corn, spinach). Never mind, anyway. I’m not here to talk about nutrition. I’m here to talk about dieting. Yes, the ongoing battle with the bulge. I’d like a [...]
Sherry | January 18, 2011
On my way to work yesterday, I stopped at the post office to pick up the weekend mail. The streets were relatively quiet, since it was a bank and post office holiday. At least that’s what I thought. Turns out the streets were empty for a different reason. That’s the P.O. on the far left, [...]
Sherry | January 16, 2011
Um. And exactly why do we have a cushy bed for her in nearly every room of the house?
Sherry | January 13, 2011
I admit it. I’ve carried a couple of those reusable grocery bags in my car for at least a couple of years and have never remembered to take them in the store with me. But today is a new day. I’m going to hold my head high and even brag a little bit. Today I [...]
Sherry | January 8, 2011
At 9:30 this morning I was at the church kitchen, tossing together my “secret” ingredients for a baked bean dish to serve 75 members of the Ankeny family who would gather for a lunch before their dad’s/uncle’s/husband’s/granddad’s memorial service. I do this as part of my job, but also because it’s joyfully satisfying to serve [...]
Sherry | January 1, 2011
I was pregnant for approximately nine months three times in my younger years, yet this is this only picture I have to show for it. I can’t explain why, since I fully embraced that experience. These days, impending motherhood is celebrated in graphic ways, creatively photographed for posterity. The first time I saw this pose, [...]