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Ten Years

Oct 2, 2015

Tonight (or rather tomorrow) at 12:50AM it will be ten years ago that Sam was born. Happy birthday, Sammy! You’ve grown from such a small baby into a wonderful, clever, beautiful girl. We’re happy that you’ve grown so much (especially after we had such a hard time fattening you up that first year!) but you can slow …

What Homeschooling Looks Like

Mar 30, 2015

At least at our house… sometimes. One of the fun things about homeschooling is that it can be so varied. It’s still easy to fall into ruts, but it’s just as easy, really, to mix things up and try new things. Here are some snapshots from the past couple of months showing what Sam’s day to day life sometimes looks like: …

Foot Update March 2015

Mar 24, 2015

The fiberglass cast was removed (with a big saw!) on January 29. I was sad to lose all the artwork but happy to wiggle my toes and bathe my foot for the first time in six weeks. There was no swelling, and I was cleared to move into the walking boot and to bear weight on the foot, only 30% of my body weight the first …

Sunday Outing

Jan 20, 2015

It was above 50 degrees outside and since it’s January and since I hadn’t had unfiltered sunlight bathe my skin since, oh, I dunno, sometime last year in 2014, I decided to tag along with AC and Sam to the soccer pitch. And by tag along I mean: make them carry all my stuff while I hobbled the long walk from parking lot …

My Fancy Cast and Living in the 18th Century

Jan 12, 2015

A week ago today I traded the splint and bandages for a fiberglass cast. The cast is much lighter than the splint, but very stiff and snug. I often wake up at night with pain in some area of my foot other than the incision site. I suspect it’s just the squeezing action of the cast. About three more weeks and I’ll be …

End of Photo365

Jan 11, 2015

I’m done. I think five straight years of Photo365 is a pretty good run and I am looking forward now to a break. Who knows, maybe Sam will consent to smile for the camera now that I won’t be snapping pics of her everyday? It was an interesting experiment, especially the last couple of weeks of 2014 when I was a) …

31 December 2014 Poetry

Jan 11, 2015

Granddaddy and Sam write poetry on the last day of the year.

30 December 2014 Sinus Infection

Jan 11, 2015

It just doesn’t stop…

29 December 2014 Locks of Love

Dec 30, 2014

She did it! Sam is donating 11 inches in two pony tails to the cancer charity Locks of Love.

28 December 2014 One of the Books I Read This Week

Dec 30, 2014