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Easter 2026

This Easter was our last with high school-aged or younger kids in the house.  So weird. I thought that I wasn't going to bother putting up what few Easter/spring decorations I have, but on Saturday I realized that I have a cute wreath that I definitely wanted to put up, so I got out my decorations after all and put them up.  Just a few things for the mantel, the wreath and some old Easter photos of the girls. This table runner is new this year.  Saw it at Fred Meyer and thought it was cute and needed something for spring. The girls' last (maybe, we'll see) Easter basket was a Trader Joe's mini tote filled with favorite treats.  I didn't even know about the mini totes until a co-worker mentioned that she went one morning and they were selling them, and apparently it's a big deal because people get there early and wait in line.  So she went ahead and bought 4 of them and then asked me if I wanted one or two, perhaps for the girls.  Then she said that another ...
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Happy Easter

 Happy Easter! He is risen! This cross is in front of the potato processing plant that was (might still be, not sure) co-owned by my brothers’ potato farm. It shines bright for all travelers along I-5 in South Mount Vernon to see.
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Books and Bottles

Several months ago a new business opened up in my town called Books and Bottles, which is, as you would imagine, a combination bookstore and wineshop.  I mean...two of my favorite things!  I had been meaning to check it out forever and mentioned it to a few friends and we all decided to make a girls' night of it and went a few weeks ago.  It was so fun to browse books while sipping wine!  You can't buy an actual glass, but you can get up to 5 tastings, and then of course you can purchase whole bottles but you can't open/consume them there.  It's such a cool place and we talked about going back regularly.
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Snow

I'm really behind with blogging but I just don't have time.  But I'm desperate to post something because I'm trying to hit 120 posts this year.  A little over a week ago I was about to post that we finally got a teeny bit of snow a few weeks before that, but then we got more snow.  Yay! Here is the dusting we got in mid-February: And then we finally got several inches last week:
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18th Birthday, Part 2

Saturday was the girls' 18th birthday.  They went to breakfast with some friends and then they got tatoos!  For dinner we got their favorite, Chipotle. Olivia (r) and her bestie, Nyla Kayley (middle), Katie (l) and Liv (r) They got these beautiful flowers Olivia's tatoo.  It says "Made for more" which is a lyric from a Christian song, I think. I never did get a picture of Kaley's but this is a reference photo: They had a great day!
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The girls are 18!

Today is the girl's 18th birthday!  18 years ago today I finally became a mom at the age of 39.  It was a long, painful and expensive journey but worth every tear, shot and penny.  
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Things I Won't Miss, Episode 2

  This is the second installment of my new series called, "Things I Won't Miss", where I talk about all the different things that I won't miss once the girls go off to college in the fall.  Please note, they themselves will never be on this list. But this is. A sink full of dirty dishes, none of which were dirtied by me.  Every. Single. Day.  Here is a typical scenario:  I make dinner, Paul and I eat it but the girls are both at work.  Or maybe one or both are home but just don't want what I made.  So after dinner either Paul or I will clean up, then a few hours later one of the girls will get home from work and make herself something to eat. I always tell them to clean up and they say they will but they don't.  But even if they do, right after that the other one will come home and make themselves something to eat.  Same thing.  One way or another, a bunch of dirty dishes gets left in the sink. Another scenario is that they make a mess w...
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