“Handy” Tips
One of the ways I help myself miss Cait a little less is to text her. I was sharing outdoor survival tips from an article I was reading.
Glad to see her sense of humor is still in tact.… Read More
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Cait and Me
Truer Words Were Never Spoken
We’re in the countdown hours until Cait leaves for college. I’ve been trying to hold onto every moment.
Apparently, I haven’t been too subtle about it. While stopping at our favorite ice cream place as part of our end-of-summer rite, I was yet again asking my daughter where she was off to next and when she would be returning home.
She looked at me with a wistful smile and said, “Mom, you’re never going to be able to store up … Read More
Nostalgia
When Cait was little, it was always a challenge to find enough fun things to do at home. Since we didn’t live in a neighborhood, there were no ready friends running and playing from house to house. Nope, it was just me and Cait. And the animals.
I was always looking for ways to keep Cait happily occupied for stretches of time so I could get some work done. When I saw this at Home Depot the other day I … Read More
The First of Many Lasts
The official countdown of “Lasts” has begun, as Cait rolls into her final quarter of her senior year.
Last night was the last talent show that I’ll ever attend with Cait at her high school.
After an exhausting day of long meetings and short deadlines, I got home well after supper. Cait took one look at my bedraggled self and said, “Mom, you don’t have to come.”
I didn’t let myself sit down at the table because I knew that … Read More
Where Has the Time Gone…?
She’ll always be my baby.
But this baby just got news that she’s received a full academic scholarship to the college she’ll be attending. 
It’s been a wonderful ride. Can’t wait to see what’s around the next bend! : )… Read More
Gardening in November– Sort of…
Even though I put my gardens to bed last month, I’ve still got garden dirt under my nails. That’s because Cait has conscripted me to help her get her biology project started.
She asked me to get 30 pea seeds to grow so that she can then see how they fare with various amounts of water everyday. As you can see, she has 6 groups of 5 plants that she will be summarily stunting to various degrees by over or … Read More
How Could I Have Forgotten…
Cait came running in to alert me and my niece who’s visiting about the new iPhone update — ios7.
Cait: “Look at this! They’ve changed everything! I don’t like it.”
Amanda: “Oh yeah, it’s that new flat color look.”
Me: “I like it. I’m gonna grab my phone and update it.”
Amanda yelling at me as I run from the room, “You early adopter, you!”
I come back with my phone and ask Cait how to get the upgrade, since … Read More
Changes in the Neighborhood
We’ve lived on our sweet little country road for more than two decades—which is more than twice as long as I’ve lived anywhere else. People who live on this road tend not to move once they get here. And their animals tend to live to ripe old ages. And the wild animals, because they’re left in peace, also live long and have become part of the finely knit fabric of this little community. I often joke that it must be … Read More