Shum Advice

I am imparting some Shum Advice.  Dr. Shum was a gracious, compassionate, wise pediatrician.  If only I have paid more attention to his words & deeds.  I am sure many of my pitfalls as a mother could have been avoided. However, this one visit is etched in my mind. Charles had a regular well checkup with […]

Another Skunk

So another skunk came to visit last night.  Now that’s real life!  Poor Toby, in his house none the less. Sounds like my temple too.  Those stinky habits creep back!   That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is […]

Snapshots

Snapshots, moments preserved. My cousin, Shanna, shared this picture of me, my sister & my brother when we met for lunch the other day.  She had seen it at her mom’s & snapped a picture of it with her phone.  While we were visiting, she said, “Oh I have to show you this.”  We laughed.  […]

Getting Comfortable

Getting comfortable takes time.  I have a 5 year old daughter.  If she is not comfortable, she acts shy.  She clings to my leg.  She doesn’t speak.  She hides her face…When she gets comfortable, “Katy Bar the Door!” She can get wild & wooly. Hopefully, as you read, you are beginning to know me.  Maybe you are getting […]

Meet Ribbons

Meet Ribbons! She is my perfect kind of award winning pig.  No pen cleaning, feeding, or walking required.  This was Mary Ellen’s pink princess pumpkin pig for the Pringle-Morse pumpkin decorating contest. Mary Ellen shopped to pick out all the special pig accessories.  The crown was a candle ring.  She had to have a purple tutu.  Then […]

Rattling My World

This morning is literally rattling my world! It has been a long time coming.  I had plenty of time to adjust, but I forget how disturbing it is to have changes to your home.  This morning jackhammers & skidloaders began removing concrete from my back patio.  As I calmly, this is how I picture it […]

Stinky Habits

Stinky habits are hard to break.  Fortunately, Copper doesn’t smell!  This morning, in the dark, when Mark & ME went out to let Copper out of his pen, the skunk was locked in Tobyn’s pen; resting in Tobyn’s dog house. Tobyn gets a new dog house…(By the way, Mark said Copper growled & barked a low bark in that direction […]

“Skunked”

Sometimes life simply does not work out they way we envisioned.  The other night our old dog, Copper, got “skunked”.  It was a funny & terrible event all rolled into one. I went out after dark to feed the dogs.  Their pens are to the north of the house.  The light from the driveway shines […]