Windows Pitch

Last week we got a call from a window company saying we’d been referred to them by Nick and Amy Warkentien.  Nick and Amy had recently replaced the windows in their house, and I knew they were happy with them, but I told the lady I talked to that we had no money to buy […]

Mama’s Girl

Amanda continues to be sick.  Milly was really sweet to her tonight though.  Amanda was on the couch for most of her non-working day again, curled up under a blanket.  She coughed this evening and Milly offered her mother her milk.  It seemed to be a cause and effect reaction anyway, which we thought was […]

Bye Bye, Foofa

Amanda went to bed early again and decided to work half a day today.  She slept in until about 10:30 or so, getting up shortly after Milly went down for her nap. Work wasn’t as crazy as it has been lately, though I still had plenty to do.  Milly didn’t nap all that long and […]

Couch Camping

Amanda said last night before going to bed that she was going to sleep in and we’d see about going to church based on whenever she woke up.  She went to bed around 9:00 and got out of bed at about 11:00.  We ended up not going to church today, but I figure I’ll catch […]

The First Day of 2011

I saw on Facebook this morning that Karen Mercer, my mother-in-law, has decided to give up drinking her Diet Mountain Dews.  Inspired by that, I impulsively decided to give up sodas again.  I don’t drink them much now, but I do at times and I figured it can’t hurt anything. I actually went several years […]