Golf Digest. Who keeps sending me this stuff??

I suppose I could give golfing it a try, since obviously this is a sign. Perhaps I have a hidden talent in Golf? Perhaps I have been hiding my golfing talent under a bushel, and it should be brought out and shared with everyone.  Continue reading →

Mystery Party Excitement!

I grew up in a home of Mystery Game writers. From the time I was in Middle School, I tested the crazy parties Dad wrote and Mom tried to reign in and edit. Sometimes I played with my friends, sometimes I hung out with a bunch of “old” people and filled in one of the … Continue reading →

Pumpkin Soup!

The words, “Pumpkin Soup” are wrought with meaning in our family. For myself, I imagine a ginormous sunken pumpkin filled with soup – the only part of which I was willing to eat being the black olives. Nevertheless, in my bowl was plopped a liquidy slosh of soup, onions, ground beef, peppers, black olives, and … Continue reading →

The Flannel Shirt

My high school freshman came to me the other night asking for help for homecoming week.  They were having a “Pacific Northwest” day, and she desperately needed a flannel to wear the next day.  DESPERATELY. The clock told me that the mall was closed, and my impatience with her lack of planning told me that … Continue reading →

Ode to the Sick Day

I am sick. I want to curl up on our slightly scratchy couch wrapped in a homemade quilt sipping Apple Cider, Top Ramen, and orange juice and watch The Price is Right. If I was nauseous, add some saltines and a loaf pan. That was my childhood sickness ritual. Nothing fancy. Nothing flashy.  There was not … Continue reading →

Phone Ninjas

As the second ring sounded, I bolted toward the steps, my eyes wide and adrenaline surging through my veins. Get the phone! Get the phone! Footsteps clamored across the cement floor behind me, and fear snaked up my spine. They were getting closer. It didn’t matter who it was. If either Patty or Matt caught … Continue reading →

So, we did a thing!

  It has definitely been a while since you have heard from us, because crazy busy doesn’t even begin to describe our lives these past months. One of those things on our plate has been our book, a collection of short stories from our life of growing up with 10 kids. This has long been … Continue reading →

The Dude Ranch

I was sitting and reminiscing with my sisters this weekend, and the topic of camping came up. Dad was an outdoors man who loved hunting and fishing and camping, but by the time I came around, his heart said wilderness, his body said recliner. The compromise we came to was what we in the family … Continue reading →