Shed prep work

E here, with another update on our shed project.   This past Saturday S and I spent five hours digging out a 12′ by 14′ rectangle, filling it 3″ deep with 2 tons of gravel and then leveling it all off.  It looks really nice and we’re very thankful that it’s done.  However we are both incredibly sore.  I can [...]

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Economies of scale

S here, with a happy grocery discovery. It costs $3.29 to buy a 4 ounce jar of chopped garlic, if you get it in the pasta aisle, which is where E was accustomed to getting it. It costs $5.99 to buy a jumbo 32 ounce jar of chopped garlic, if you get it [...]

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Coffee with a little conversation on the side

E here and wanted to share a funny moment from this evening.  A month or so ago a new coffee shop opened at the train station that I use to commute into work.  Some nights after work I stop and get a cup of coffee and I’ve become friendly with the manager.  We talk coffee, news, [...]

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We bought a shed and a pile of rocks

Hello all, E here and I’m very happy to announce that S and I are the proud owners of a new shed.  We decided that in preparation of me moving in we needed some extra space and a shed was our best bet.  We’re all very excited for various reasons – S – she gets [...]

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The cat’s out of the bag

S here. My mom was visiting, and I told her last night that E will be moving in this August. Her instant reaction: “E’s willing to deal with that commute?”
And a couple minutes later, “That’s pretty much my only concern, that she’ll have that commute.”
And about an hour later, when we were watching [...]

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What I Learned in Cub Scouts

M is about ready to move on from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. For the crossover ceremony, he’s been told to write 1-2 paragraphs on what he’s learned and done during his five years in Cub Scouts. I couldn’t help but think of what I’d write, if it were my assignment and [...]

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Pass me Darwin’s other leg

M’s latest project for school is a biography one. He had to choose a famous person and read one or more biographies of that person. He then had to write a report and do an oral presentation about his person. And, since no school project would be complete without at least one task [...]

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Signs of maturity

S here. Yesterday M and I went to the library and then the grocery store. When we got home, M carried the bag of library books into the kitchen. He set the book he was reading down on the kitchen table. Then he came back out to the car to help [...]

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