Susan's Pendulum

When my kids were born it seemed like I just couldn't get anything done. I consoled myself that it was normal. After all, a woman goe...

When Jenny talks about the dancing during the Divine Service in Africa, we know it's okay. So why is it that I get squeamish when I hea...

This week we have discovered a way to improve the texture and taste of canned veggies. Instead of tossing the contents of the can into the ...

Nathan's first poopy diaper. Doesn't she look so alert?!

As per Maggie's request: This is the blanket that she and Olivia sewed and quilted together. Nice job, girls! As per Gary's reque...

Warning, Mom -- You probably don't want to click on this picture to see it up close. It's from Katie's camera and will take for...

Little missy sure does enjoy being up late at night, gazing in wonder at the beeeeautiful lines and letters and colors on the Periodic Table...

Thankfully it was warm enough today to take a nearly naked baby out in the sunshine. We want to knock back a bit of that yellowness. The j...

Driving through the country is a lovely, luscious, restful thing! My plan on Friday was to drop off Maggie with my folks, having met south o...

Do you see that? The appliance on the left? Yep, I saw it too. It's for opening cans, right? Yep, I knew that. Do you see this? As I ...

Sorry to load up the blog with pictures, but Mom & Maggie don't do so well with downloading photos on the dial-up. The blog is easi...

On Jeff Wagner 's afternoon show Friday, he was taking calls from undecided voters. He wasn't trying to convince anybody of anythin...

Three weeks: This is one of my favorites:

For Maggie, who needs more and more pictures... Look at those skinny legs, and look at those long long feet!

Giordi checks out the intruder: Grabbing a snooze-for-two:

The drive from home to Fort Wayne to see the grandbaby was a bit long yesterday. I managed to hit plenty of construction zones and detours....

When we moved to Sharon, we were very aware that there was no water pressure. It was terrible to take a shower. It took forever to fill th...

Whoa, such bright eyes! And she loves to have her hands by her face! When she gets reliable with finding that thumb, it's going to be i...