When I first watched this video, my thought was “Oh boy.” I’m not one to stamp on my layout, but I have been known to stamp and precision cut images to use in a layout. I decided to pass over
I is for Insanity
Nerf Wars is a spring tradition at the high school my oldest daughter attends. It’s mostly a Juniors vs. Seniors thing, but other classes participate, too. There are teams and brackets, rules, Twitter feeds, and commissioners. And there are Nerf
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
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,
Time for an RBOC* Post
Gee, a girl moves her blog and all hell breaks loose! Not on the blog, but just in the world around me. So much to write, so little time. In no particular order: Sarah graduated from sixth grade. And she
So, I Caved
Wound up going to Game Night anyway. Bad, inconsistent mama. However, Snookie, Sarah, and I made this awesome chair sculpture. Sent from my Palm Pre on AT&T
Saturday Night’s NOT Alright for Fighting
Today is a day to recover from yesterday. Yesterday, I bicycled to and from work for the second time this week. Eight miles, round trip. I had a stiff head wind going home, so that wasn’t fun. But I did
Eight Years
From this: to this: in eight short years. Happy Gotcha Day, Rachel!! For more photos of Rachel cuteness from our first week with her, check out this retro-post from 2006: So Very Cute.
Chinese New Year, Wall Family Style
Here at the Wall compound, we practice a lot of just-in-time processes: just-in-time supper, just-in-time Halloween costumes, just-in-time get the dogs outside to pee (well, not always “in time”). Last night we added a new trick to our just-in-time portfolio: