Sherry | April 19, 2011
I love going to Papa’s house. He’s a lot like Santa. When I walk in the front door one of his elves greets me. Another asks me what I want for dinner. And this is the best part. I stand in the kitchen and watch Papa’s elves assemble our meal. He sends me home with [...]
Sherry | February 26, 2011
Which method of waking on a Saturday morning would I choose? Bright sunlight/blue skies through the skylight above my side of the bed? Or the ringing of my cell phone beside my bed, a call from John or Erin with baby news? Either would be nice, though one in particular, when it happens, will bring [...]
Sherry | February 15, 2011
You remember the disaster in my home office? You were convinced it was a hopeless situation, weren’t you. Ta da! I found the floor! It might not be worthy of a spot in Better Homes & Gardens or Design*Sponge, but it pleases me to walk into an orderly room with color-sensitive decor that didn’t cost [...]
Sherry | February 14, 2011
There’s a lot of love represented on the shelves of our cookin’ room. The shape of a heart plays an important role in our house. This one shelf alone displays quite a few, each with its own story. But the most important hearts are on this shelf. Can you see them? Yup. We carry them [...]
Sherry | February 6, 2011
Welcome to my latest disaster. I have my work cut out for me (while the rest of the world watches the Super Bowl).
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 | December 5, 2010
Sunday morning. Our monthly family dinner set-up is complete, unless the family expects there might be a hint of Christmas in our surroundings. Instead of pulling something festive down from the attic, I’m here at my desk paying bills and playing with my new camera. It’s been several cameras ago that I could get such [...]
Sherry | July 25, 2010
I really do love this picture of Paul’s grandmother (my children’s great-grandmother) holding his dad as a babe. It triggers the memory of stories told of how she had already raised a daughter when a large “tumor” turned out to be baby Frank Leslie Gustaf Carlson, all 13 pounds of him! Imagine her surprise! But [...]
Sherry | April 28, 2010
When two families combine households, we combine histories as well. We can’t separate ourselves from our past—even if we wanted to! We are who we were. One of the items I considered precious enough to haul with me across the country when Mauri and I combined households is my dad’s neon real-estate-office sign. I think [...]