Our new house has a stained glass window in the stairs from the main level to the girls’ level. The window features three bears who need names. We came up with Bjorn, and a friend recommended Urska. Any suggestions for the mamma bear?
Category: live
We’re Moved and Still Active
We’re still here. Between moving and the death of our kitty Wilma, we have been a little more than overwhelmed. But we are getting there. Today was the last of the insane errands, I think. I have a new driver’s license, no longer have old towels, monitor and books, and have almost adequate shelving. Camille’s…
Long Time, No Post
Excuses, excuses. Even as homeschoolers, we’ve been busy with end-of-the-year stuff…Then there’s the kids’ music concerts we’ve been going to. And our “curiousity killed the cat” cat that’s been at the vet for two days now (and probably two more) from some injury, probably due to clumsiness and, of coure, curiosity. Then of course, is…
Plastic Bags
While I sadly admit that there are plenty of things that I do that are not environmentally friendly, I work on improving bit by bit. Buying a new house is probably not the most environmentally-friendly thing to do, but we are moving into a neighborhood that is very active in environmental concerns, and I hope…
Change of Address
In preparation for our forthcoming move, I have acquired a PO Box in our new city. There is no postal delivery at home there, so it will be our permanent mailing address, and I’ve started to have some mail sent out there. Yesterday we received our first piece of mail at the box. I was…
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Well, maybe not quite, but close enough! Today was the D-Day, so to speak, for the documentation I have been working on for my “for-pay” job. It was a lot of back and forth today, but it is done. What a huge relief! I still think there is much that can be done to improve…
Pack It Up
I was busy filling boxes the other day, and Rob remarked that I was not writing on the outside of the box what it contained. Well, let’s see. A swimsuit, a few CDs, a few books, some knicknacks, a few toys, some art supplies, etc. The list would take too long to write…. If you…
Chicks, Ducks and Eggs
We went to the beach in our new town this morning. Chloe insisted that we stop at the storage unit to find her chickie outfit before going to the pancake breakfast. It was absolutely freezing on the beach, so that duckie (or is it a duckie?) outfit kept her warm. Chloe lucked out and found…
Itchy New Room
The girls played at their friends’ house yesterday. Since their friends hadn’t seen our new house yet, we took them out to see the house and the city. Before visiting the house, the girls played at the beach for a while. The kids had a great time building dragon lairs and running around. No one…
Sleep Like A Baby
Neither of the girls, especially Camille, was a great sleeper as a baby. They are making up for it now. At 9am this morning, they were still sleeping, even with the contractor jackhammering the concrete floor in the basement. When I did get Chloe up, she didn’t like the noise. Camille escaped outside under a…
Tattoo Dunce
I’m incompetent at tattooing. I don’t mean real tattoos with needles. I mean the removable tattoos that the kids get as “prizes” and “gimmes”. The tattoos are better than candy and junkies, but I don’t know how to apply them. I forget to take off the plastic so the tattoo sticks to the cover. I…
Break A Few Eggs
Have you met Uncle Rock? We here in the GBK House love his CD “Plays Well With Others” and play music it from it regularly on our radio station Gooney Bird Kids. In the past couple of days, we’ve heard the track “Break a Few Eggs” on both Spare the Rock and the new Hilltown…
Frozen Food Coming Soon
We have been without a working fridge for over two months now. It is cold enough to keep food in a cooler outside. But when Sears called to say that the compressor will be backordered yet another month, well … They have given us a “credit” of $2600 to use towards the fridge of our…
New Year’s Lights
Light at midnight and light in morning. Each beautiful in its own way.
geocaching
Our geocache filled with junkies. I would have expected that we would have to replenish the junkies, not thin them out. For Christmas, we bought travel bugs for the geocache, but are still trying to decide what their missions should be. Going to children’s music concerts? Going to all the states that start with A?…
spring is here
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon starting on the final raking. It was warm enough to be out in tshirt and sandals. I’ve barely put a dent in the raking, but the area I cleared has been cleared very well. Well enough that I might go to Lowe’s tomorrow for the first of…
Creak, Creak
What’s that noise? The house settling due to the cold weather that rushed in today? An animal in the attic? No i’s a kid swinging from the trapeze in the basement. What, you don’t have one yet? I was opposed to it — still am every time I bump my head on it while picking…
o christmas tree
Try as we might, we can’t find a local place that we like to go to for a Christmas tree. The girls begged to get a tree from our Kroger, but we finally settled on Lowe’s. Not ideal, but they are close and their selection is good. Other years we’ve driven around for what seemed…
it’s christmastime
Let the madness begin. After we got home and unpacked, the girls pulled out the Christmas decorations and went right to work.
happy thanksgiving
Much as I try, I’m just not a fan of Thanksgiving dinner. I prefer something a bit simpler. The walks in the woods after dinner are what I most enjoy. But here is one member of the family who tremendously enjoyed the gluttony of the day.