Yesterday, I wrote about how my boys were all about the climb. This morning, I woke up to find this scattered across my island. By my island, in this case, I mean the one in my kitchen. Yes, the one where we do a large portion of our food prep. Try not to think too […]
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All About The Climb
I spent a good part of Saturday inside, cleaning walls. It was a most delightful task, except for the wall part and the cleaning part. Oh, and the part where I had to remain inside on a gorgeous fall day, to my complete annoyance, in order to clean the aforementioned walls. Sunday, therefore, I was […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part VII
We waited, and eventually got our answer from the owner. He wanted full asking price and not a penny less. This just didn’t quite sit well with us. We had never been impulsive buyers, never getting our hearts set on one thing, house or otherwise, to the point of ignoring the price. And while the […]
Latin Review, Roots #1-10
When I taught grammar to my high school students, I really struggled to try to make it interesting, which, frankly, it usually wasn’t to anyone other than geeks like me who find that stuff engaging (and even I have my limits). So one of the things I did to combat complete and utter boredom was […]
An October Island Morning
You gotta love yesterday morning on the ocean: Wishing everyone a happy Halloween, filled with low-caloric dark chocolate!
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Today In Numbers
1. We woke up on the island that we still think of as our home to weather most yucky. 2. Since it was yucky, my eldest stayed dry and surfed via video games instead. 3. Then, around noon, the heavens opened up and poured forth this. 4. In the afternoon, we had an appointment that […]