Family in the making

The hardest part about this post was the title.  Or was it the content.  Or was it picking from the thousands of photos.  Who am I kidding, it’s all emotional.
2 years ago today we walked into Baby Home #2 in Khabarovsk, Russia as two people traveling on a journey.  We walked out parents (and now [...]

Basking in the glow

Everyone has hounded me to buy one of those light therapy things if I’m not going to take medication for my SAD.  I’ve avoided it mostly because I’m lazy and didn’t have the attention span to sit down and find one.  When I did start looking all I found were horribly expensive gigantic boxes of [...]

Mommy, you’re breaking our house!

Our home was built in 1964.  We thought it wouldn’t be so bad.  It wasn’t like we were buying the 100+ year old homes on the north slope of Tacoma.  At least it had somewhat up to date wiring and new windows.  We thought that the problems with the home went as far as cosmetic.  [...]

Dinner Conversations

Elle: Time to come to dinner little boy
Boy: No, I don’t want to come to dinner, I’m tired.
Elle: Well if you’re so tired I guess you better go to bed without a bath, book or dinner.
Boy: Oh, alright.
*family sits down to eat dinner*
Boy: Pray song!
Elle and trusty husband: not tonight
*Elle and trusty husband proceed with [...]

A review of sorts

If you’ve been reading my blog for some time (or anytime for that matter) you will know that I rarely, if ever, do reviews.  Not because I’m snooty like that, but because if I think a place is good or bad I’ll come right out and say it.  Or rather I’ll work it into a [...]

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