Published!

July 6, 2015 | Stacy

Marie loves to write. Loves it. She has written many books. So – as a surprise, I had one printed via CreateSpace, an Amazon company. She was tickled.

We be jammin’.

July 6, 2015 | Stacy

Nan took the oldest four to pick berries. I took the youngest two to buy sugar and certo.

Five hours from bush to table. 31 pints.

$79 in berries.
$24 in certo
$13 in sugar
$116 for 30.5 pints.
$3.80 per pint.

Sigh – then Walmart visit revealed this.
$3.04 per pint. Same ingredients.

I either need to find somewhere cheaper to get berries, or just add it to my weekly shopping list…

I had to buy it…

Image | July 6, 2015 | Stacy

Tabitha’s sunflower

July 5, 2015 | Stacy

Tab was given two sunflower seeds in her CBS class in later April.
We had then in a small cup on the window sill at first.
Then a larger container.
Then into big pots as soon as it was safe to put them out.
This is my doodle bug next to the smaller one; the larger one is just behind her.

Fourth of July

July 5, 2015 | Stacy

After three years of having guests for the holiday we had nothing going on.
I had to work evenings, so we couldn’t invite anyone over.
I was hoping John and the kids would get an invitation somewhere.
But they didn’t.

Nigel is 13

July 2, 2015 | Stacy

All my kids’ birthdays are special – but I always get choked up at Nigel’s. My former preemie is a teenager today.
We assembled in the hall in the morning to head in to wake him with a birthday song. Nigel is pretty fortunate that Daddy ends up with his birthday off more years than not.

Like last year, Nigel made a request to have a mystery date with Daddy in lieu of regular gifting. This was the fourth year in a row, and honestly, this works SO well for us. Stuff is stuff. But time together is a treasure. I’m sure that it is even more so in a larger family. The one-on-one time for fun means a lot to us.

Daddy isn’t a blogger, nor is he equipped with a smart phone. So we have to just envision the good time that they had.
Mini-golf. Grand China Buffet. Batting cages. Go Karts. Other stuff I don’t remember.
They took it easy on dessert because Nigel was home in time for his requested dinner of angel hair pasta with Alfredo sauce. I had not been able to score a decent price on shrimp, but Nan came through with some from her freezer.
After dinner we had some cards, gifts, and cake.