The Zog Blog

Wednesday was a pretty good day. Jacob decided in the morning that he didn’t want to attend the Mommy & Me-type class we usually go to (”Jacob no go class today pleeease, Mommy?”), so we stayed at home and Jacob helped me work.

But my favorite part of the day was unwinding at the end [...]

Today was a good day pretty much all around. Jon and I had one of those Important Conversations, and it both went well (no fighting) and was productive (a plan for our future that we both believe in). I cast on for some fun new knitting projects. We figured out how to save a sizable [...]

I think it’s a good idea to try (at least for the next two weeks, before we head back east) to post a daily “good thing”. Just a moment during the day that I really enjoy, to try and balance out the bad I post here so often lately.

Today, it’s Jacob “reading” to himself. [...]

A wonderful blogger recently prompted me to think about what I believe in–what rules I try to live by. If she’d posted such a query two years ago, I would have shared the following:
Life is good.
Be happy now.
Let it go.
I still like this, but it just doesn’t quite ring true for me at the [...]

My grandfather’s given name was Lewis, but everyone called him Tinker. When I was young, he was a tinkerer, a trader, a man who always liked to have some plan hatching or project going. He slowed down a lot as he aged, like everyone does I suppose. For the past few years, he mostly sat [...]

Me [looking blearily at Jon]: I’m starting to waffle on going to this new parent social event.
Jon: (nod)
Jacob: Jacob want waaaffle!
[Jon and Amy look at Jacob]
Jacob: Jacob want waffle pleeeeeeeeease!

We had a house full of visitors this weekend, which is just the way I like it. I got to bake, which I don’t do very often, and made a cheesecake I haven’t made in years. It was yummy. Jacob had lots of playmates, there was Nintendo, there was a hike, great conversation, wonderful people. [...]

Though it has been pretty gray and foggy for the past week, I snapped this shot of our new backyard when it was sunny. And since it seems like most people I know need some sunshine in their lives right now…

I’m still working a lot from home, here, with a babysitter. It looks like [...]

My father’s sister Terri passed away Sunday afternoon in her home in Brewer, ME. She was 60. She is survived by her husband, children, and two granddaughters.

What that doesn’t tell you about my aunt Terri is that she made the best cream puffs this side of the known universe. My dad’s family got together [...]