Steve at the appliance store told me when I called this morning, that it tends to go like this. When one appliance breaks, others tend to follow suit. What?!? Is there some secret message going out in appliance-speak that creates a strike of sorts, and all the things decide to attack our wallet at once? […]

It’s a strange and satisfying thing to hear your words come out of your kids’ mouths when they have grown and either use them as a thing to get them through or as parenting mantras. Recently, I have heard some and either smiled or said out loud that I like their use of the Momma-ism. […]

Three days ago, on 09-06, it was 906 day here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A day drenched in Yooper pride because of our uniqueness. A day to celebrate the things we’re proud of and the things we survive. Because there has to be both in order to keep remembering the why of it all as […]