High Five for Friday!

Thursday night has commenced and it’s just Joe and me around home tonight. Teacher Man has his second night of parent-teacher conferences this week so he will be rolling in later, presumably exhausted but no less excited about the weekend coming up than we are. Here are the Thursday night particulars thus far: Pizza: Domino’s. (We …

Middle School.

This guy started middle school – 6th grade! – yesterday. He didn’t seem overly nervous about it. Yes, he was a little anxious, declaring it seemed awkward to walk down to the end of the street by himself to catch the bus. (He actually has never ridden the bus to elementary school; I have always dropped him off …

Breakfast hash, tomato sauce & chocolate cake (or my weekend).

I can’t believe it’s Sunday night already. And it’s weird because I think I’m a little sad that Teacher Man goes back to school tomorrow. Usually I’m ready to get back to the structure and routine of the school year. Somehow tonight, though, I’m mourning how quickly the summer went by. It was a great summer, …

A Few Weekend Favorites

I’m not in a writing mood tonight. I don’t know why. I mean, it is a little – okay, a lot –  weird for me to say that. But rather than fight it and write something dorky or stupid, I’m just going to share a few of my favorite photos from the weekend with just …

Weekend Starts Now … plus a Little Garden Update

It’s the start of my weekend – as in, yay weekend!  I’m headed out shortly for a run … it’s a gorgeous 80 degree evening so we’ll see how that works for me. I’ve been pretty happy with my running regimen as of late – I think I’ve run pretty much every day over the past …