Monthly Archives: June 2008

The kids have been all stoved up this week. We learned that most descriptive of phrases from our friends in rural Northeast Missouri. When you’re stiff and sore you complain that you’re “all stoved up.” The use of that phrase … Continue reading →

John has not been feeling well in recent days so I took him to the doctor this morning. We’ve seen enough ear infections in the last fourteen years to recognize the symptoms: intermittent fever, restlessness, trouble sleeping, cranky behavior. He … Continue reading →

“Look Daddy, I’m Joseph, Johnny is Mary and David is the donkey.” It was a quite a picture. They’d made a halter out of some rope and an old swim noodle and then wrapped it around David’s neck. Jessie had … Continue reading →

“Daddy, I need new goggles.” It’s a summer litany. I hear it at the beginning of every summer, usually from more than one child. When the swim season begins the kids start digging out their swim supplies and that includes … Continue reading →

“We have got so much stuff in this house, I can’t believe it!” Lisa was in the midst of a “purge” clearing out some of our belongings in preparation for our move overseas. It really is amazing (appalling?) how much … Continue reading →