JHW.JHW.JHW.JHW.JHW.JHW Those are my initials. I must write them a dozen times a day. Between signing planners, permission slips, and various pieces of paper sent home from various schools, I feel like I need a rubber stamp. Nothing, though, gives me fits like reading logs. You know what those are… Read More
Right now my heart is feeling heavy like a sponge left in the bottom of the tub after a bath. I just finished reading On Agate Hill by Lee Smith. It was lovely and haunting and wonderful and sad. I bought it instead of checking it out from the library. I’m so glad I did. I’ll […]
I have a whole Pinterest board dedicated to quotes that I love. If I could I would print them up and post them everywhere around my house. The sad thing is that when you post something around your house it quickly becomes commonplace and ignored. So instead I will read these every once in a […]
Today we have a guest post by my favorite reader: my sister, Arianne, from Little Pink Houses. She and I (and my brother, too) were ingrained from the time we were born with the notion of “I can do it myself and probably cheaper”. Arianne saw a cute vignette of stuffed fabric birds mounted on […]
Do you have a tile floor? If so, stop (STOP!) what you are doing (reading blogs, obviously) and go get your credit card. You need to buy this broom: I know what you’re thinking: “Uh-huh. Sure, Jennie. That looks totally lame.” But trust me. This will become your new best friend*. Plus it’s only […]
The first year I had a child in preschool I committed all sorts of faux pas (hey, pick up and drop off can be tricky!) There are sorts of opportunities to screw things up especially around holidays. I didn’t even think to ask my friends with older children for advice! But let Mother Jennie help […]
Since the holidays are coming up I thought I might be of assistance if you have a 9-13 year old boy that you’ll be gifting to. Sometimes preteen boys can be a little hard to buy gifts for if you don’t want to get anything involving video games or weapons. Don’t get me wrong, a […]
Who’s done with their Christmas shopping? Not me! And it’s less than a week away. But thank goodness for the internet. Not only because I can shop at 6 am before the kids are awake but because I can find pretty much anything out there. I am a bit of an oddball and have raised […]
We finally gave Ada some official chores this week, now that she is grown-up and in kindergarten (they’re pretty lame chores, but you have to start somewhere). Which means I now have to print the chore chart on legal sized paper to fit everybody on it. It took me two hours to rearrange chores depending […]
Today is the 7th birthday of my youngest girl, Adelaide Amelia Clementine. For her birthday she asked for a skateboard, a Texas Longhorns T-shirt, new tennis shoes, and a basketball hoop that is more her size. Can you say tomboy? (Sweet shot, Ada!) Finn, on the other hand, did not want to try out the […]
Like most girls growing up in the late 80’s-early 90’s I had a soft spot in my heart for Harry Connick, Jr. He was the essence of the debonair, romantic gentleman who would be coming along to sweep my off my feet any second now. But his music framed a couple of my doomed relationships […]
Today is my mother’s birthday. I love her tons but she is one weird person. If you have ever met her you know what I am talking about. Look how normal she seems in this picture! (Let’s gloss over my pre-teen ugliness.) But she is wearing a wig (she came from the generation that wore […]
For a few weeks there has been a foul, foul stench in my pantry. It smells like rotting something. Maybe a tiny animal corpse, maybe an onion, I don’t know. All I know is that when I open my pantry, the smell hits me, and try as I might, I can’t find it. After a […]
Yes, we’ve had our own little Christmas Miracle. Only it’s not so little. It’s a very big deal. Jasper has been pooping in the toilet for a whole week. I didn’t want to say anything and jinx it, but after potty-training that boy for four entire months it appears that we have success! (That’s four […]