I honestly don’t even know where tonight went. Well, I know where the last 30 minutes went… I’ve been non stop texting with my brother about season 2 of Making a Murderer which I finished yesterday. I have SO MANY FEELINGS. I’m still processing. We just had a good vent session and I feel like I need to hash this out some more. It left me with so many theories and questions and I need more episodes to understand. (Such a good show though! Are you watching?) Tonight has been my night for whirlwind cleaning and prep as I work tomorrow. M and I have been running around trying to…

So, while all the kids were playing and running amuck at the Hallowe’en party on Saturday, all the adults sat around the dining room table and had a good chat. We were all involved in smaller, separate conversations at one point, but I tuned into another conversation when I heard one friend ask another, “So, is two it then?” I half listened for a minute before joining in, and they were all discussing the sizes of their families and whether or not they were done having more children. It’s something that I am asked all the time, both by good friends and by total strangers that I’ve just met. Once…

I’m home again after a whirlwind trip to visit my family. There is never enough time to squeeze in all the visits I’d like, but I always leave feeling so grateful that I’ve been able to go at all. I love my family–both the originals and the new additions. ;) (Even without beards.) My family lives a little bit north of here, and when we woke up this morning, my mom called S & H over to the window as she threw open the curtains. It had started to snow overnight, and there was a layer of thick white snow blanketing everything, and these big fluffy flakes falling from the…

**Moved over from Facebook Tonight’s post comes to you here, on my phone, as I forgot to pack my laptop. I’m currently curled up in bed at my Mom and Dad’s, and in the rush to get everything in the van when I left, my computer didn’t make the cut. S, H and I are on an adventure while M and P are home having a boys night. Today was a double party day for the big kids and I. I spent the morning trying to get organized and pack bags while simultaneously washing and folding as many loads of laundry as I could so I won’t have a mountain…

I had book club last night… and for the first time in a year, I didn’t read the book. (*bows head in shame*) Well, that’s not entirely true. I’ve read (and taught) it before, it’s just been a few years. I tried and tried to make myself read it again, but I just couldn’t get into it. This month we read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I was more motivated to read it the first time through because, you know, I had to actually teach it to a bunch of grade 12 university students, but this time the spark just wasn’t there. It’s not that it’s a bad book,…