The Teepee tent
Last week I bought a teepee tent. It was a total impulse splurge purchase, for $49.88 at Walmart it was a deal! Totally cheaper than the nice Coleman tent I bought Jacob on Amazon to…
Year: 2017
The intermittent dishwasher
I'm publicly admitting I have disliked this dishwasher from the date it was installed. I didn't buy it and had no input in its purchase. It replaced the dishwasher I LOVED but many fingers destroyed…
Girl Scout Honor Pin
I was surprised last month to receive the Girl Scout Honor Pin. This is the description of the award: The Honor Pin recognizes an individual's exemplary service in support of delivering the Girl Scout Leadership…
Spring Show 2017
Yesterday Sophia had a dress rehearsal for the Spring Show for ballet. This ends our first year of ballet and she wants to continue next year. She is still enjoying learning dance, and I'm still…
Veinticinco de Mayo
Happy May 25th. A day of interesting observations. Taught a CPR & First Aid class where one participant said she would never do CPR in real life because of her health issues. In the same…
the not Mt. Shannon hike
Friday Jacob attended 2 APEX programs at Hidden Valley. It's an hour drive so I decided to stay and do a little hiking. It was overcast in the morning so I did not set out…
Awesome and overwhelming
On Tuesday we went to the Holocaust Memorial Museum. I didn't post about this right away because I needed time to think about how I would write this. The museum was awesome, upsetting, insightful, emotional,…
Arlington National Cemetery
After checked out of our hotel on Wednesday we drove over to Arlington National Cemetery. My video of the changing of the guard is too large to upload into this blog. I may try to…
Udvar-Hazy Museum
One of the best stops on our trip was on our way home. We went to the Udvar-Hazy Museum. It's a hanger-like museum just outside of D.C. It is FULL of actual planes and rockets…