My youngest daughter Rachel has a knack for gymnastics. What she doesn’t have a knack for is self-confidence. That may be typical for an almost 13 year old girl, but I wish that wasn’t the case. She is really a
B is for Boogers
I’ll come right out with it. I have some cold/allergy/virus thing going on right now. While the ‘output’ may not be huge, it is bothersome. This leads me to a story about this (formerly) small person. On one morning drive
A is for Adelaide
Adelaide is sleeping on the bed right now, while a the first thunderstorm of the season is hitting. I am glad she is sleeping because she’s right at the age where dogs develop storm phobias — 2 to 3 years
Grateful for: 11/9
The devices that allow me to bicycle — in place — when the weather gets icky.
Grateful for: 11/11
As “Night Fever” plays on The Current and I’m being serenaded by the Brothers Gibb, I am grateful for the death of disco. Oh people, what were we thinking?
Grateful for: 11/5
Cute pictures on Facebook. Don’t you just want to hug and kiss this rat?
On Being an Old Mom: Disadvantages and Mitigation* Strategies
In this post, I discussed how I became an Old Mom. Now I’m going to take the bull by the horns, explain some disadvantages of being an older mom, and what you can do to deal with it. You’re Out
On Being an Old Mom: How I Got This Way
Of course, I just got older. But there’s more to the story than that. Two weeks before my 40th birthday, I was flying back to the U.S. after visiting my brother, SIL, and new nephew in Germany. As I flew
2012 In Review
A rundown of the Wall Family adventures for 2012 Chicago Carol Anne had a professional conference in May in Chicago, so the whole family took the train down and back. The NATO Summit was going on at the same time,
Merry Sydney Ursula Wall Has Left The Building…4/15/1998 – 9/14/2012
When I went to add a second Scottie girl to our family, I went back to the local breeder who gave us Big Macalester. There was six pups in the litter, 4 girls. I had already picked out a name,