This was probably the most productive weekend we’ve had in a while. It started off with a bang – we hired my cousin and his girlfriend to work in our garden. They did an awesome job and our garden look faaaab. Friday I took a half-day so I could go to Tabby’s field day. This [...]
I need to sit down and write a real post pretty soon (er go this is a fake post). Lots of cool things have been going on, but all those cool things have been taking time and energy. So I haven’t been able to sit down, pull photos off the camera and reflect on things. [...]
I like this quote. I like that we are in the age of the geek. I like that it is cool to be excited about things again. I like that my kids are growing up seeing people getting into things … and I don’t mean TV and popstars. I mean cooking great food, making amazing [...]
Tabby goes to the same school district I did when I was a kid (actually, she is our family’s 4th generation in this district, but that’s another story entirely). Anyhow, waaaay back when I was a kid, they NEVER cancelled school, or well almost never. A foot of snow, icy roads and never a cancellation. [...]
I may be a stickler for grammar, spelling and using the “right” word (their, there, they’re) and I abhor misuse of “proper” language – stop trying to make “funner” happen – but I love a good, clever word or play on words or a new term. In fact, I coined one the other day. Temporal [...]
Last week I felt like I had oh-so-many things to post about. And this week it’s quite the opposite. I feel boring and just generally tired. I haven’t made it to the gym once this week (VERY VERY unlike me) but I’m giving myself a break because I’ve been going pretty hard. It’s OK to [...]
So I taught Bootcamp on Wednesday. Our teacher was away for the week and she asked me and some of the more experienced campers to be in charge while she was gone and Wednesday was my day. I’d been to a peer-led class the day before so I had some idea what to expect and [...]
This marks week 4 of crazy swim lessons for the kids. Getting them there hasn’t been easy and they are EXPENSIVE, but they are paying off. Tabby is swimming like a fish (backstroke, elem backstroke, front crawl) and during the last lesson, Ben didn’t cry once! I’m really hoping we’ve turned a corner with him. [...]
We spent the weekend at my Aunt and Uncle’s mountain house. We had a wonderful time. Unfortunately, we had to beat it back to Denver to handle a ton of things and get Matt ready to leave for his business trip. 06:30 – Got up with the kids and stared getting packed up. 07:30 – [...]
I can sum up this weekend in just a few words: COLD. Terrible cold. hedgie bath semi-pathetic date night caught up on Downton Abbey Wreck-It Ralph (again, yay!) used book store, kids big fans sushi dinner Sunday=day of fits (Ben’s) laundry not watching the Superbowl homework
My name is Jess. I'm a 30ish wife and working mommy. I love spending time with my family and friends, crafting up weird and beautiful things, cooking delicious food and running lots of miles to work it off. I love chocolate, wine, Photoshop, my Nikon and sleeping in. I do freelance design work for fun and marginal profit at JKN Designs. This is my blog. Read more »
