Tag Archives: memories
My House
In a previous post, I promised you the story of my house. I read somewhere, probably on Pinterest, about the idea of writing down the story of your house and hiding it somewhere for future generations to find. John and I bought our first home about a year after we were married. It was small but …
A Little Self-Therapy
We saw the house on the news, surrounded by crime scene tape and sheriff’s cars. The big white house on the little country road. I used to live there. My parents had the house built next door to my grandparents’ farm (where my mom grew up) and lived there for more than 30 years. It’s …
I Hope They’re Not Sitting Here
Baseball season is upon us again, and I thought it would be fun to make a list of the people you don’t want to sit around you. The Drunks Let’s just start with the obvious, especially if you have small kids like I do. You just know somebody’s going to spill something, fall over someone, …
Opening Day at Home
Today was Opening Day for the Cincinnati Reds, and although we were fortunate to be at the ballpark last year, this year we spent it at home. We still celebrated though. We had a small family gathering and the kids did their best to make it feel like we were really at the ballpark. We …
Something Old is New Again
There’s this sweater I’ve had for years. Years. It’s my favorite. It was my favorite. I’ve had it since college and I used to wear it all the time. It’s a linen/cotton cableknit fisherman-type sweater and I always wore it with a denim shirt. It was one of my go-to outfits. I haven’t worn it …
Get Them to Do it For You
Remember when our parents didn’t need remote controls because they had us to change the channels for them? Well, as I was working on one of S’s dresses today, and I had to pick out the topstitching I was doing because the bobbin ran out in the middle of the front of the dress, I …
(Don’t) Look at Me!
Attention-starved I’m not. If I could have figured out how to have a wedding without being the center of attention, I would have done it. When I was in 4-H and took sewing projects, at the end of the summer we had to participate in the Fashion Review and model our outfits. Are you kidding …
Ooooh, It’s Vintage!
I began another sewing project this afternoon, this time a “Little House on the Prairie” dress for my daughter. I recently started reading Laura’s adventures to my kids. I loved those books when I was little, and the broken spines of my old set announce a multitude of re-readings. This style was big when my …
Ode to a Snow Day
I think that I shall chance to say There’s nothing lovely as a snow day. The call that comes on early morn “Go back to bed, the ground’s adorned With snow or ice or nasty slush. For the buses it is too much.” The kids rejoice, the teachers sigh, And eyes will turn to-ward the …
My Sewing Room…
Okay, so it’s not a whole room. It’s a corner of the spare bedroom. I am trying to get it rechristened as “the sewing room,” though. Ever since we moved in seven years ago, it’s been known by my kids as “the present room.” We moved into the house on the first of December, and …
Therewith to be Content 