by MaryBeth
I have a thing for ducks. Unfortunately our 9 huskies had a thing for ducks too. They liked theirs plump and slow. So as long as we had the huskies, we had a moratorium on ducks. As the sled dogs grew older, we grew closer to ducks. As the last one met his [...]
by MaryBeth
We are hog-tied, all of us. We are no longer allowed to not have things or not do things. I tried not having an answering machine and my family got so angry with me they quit calling. I tried not having email and the parents in my children’s school refused to communicate with me [...]
by MaryBeth
Here was the “note home from school” conversation today:
“This says you kids are supposed to pack your own lunch from now on.”
“Hallelujah Mary And Joseph! I have been waiting for this day.”
“It says you are supposed to pack a wholesome, nutritious lunch.”
“…just a quick trek to the mini-mart, and I am [...]
by MaryBeth
I have a difficult fifteen year old. “Sweetie.” She didn’t just become that way, she was born that way: Fifteen. And difficult. I naively thought she’d “grow out of it.” More like she grew into it. Her chronological age has finally caught up with her though, so now at least her sassy ways are considered [...]
