By Mamahops, on November 29th, 2006
What a luxury to be able to outrun a storm. It is balmy, warm, sticky in our jeans and snow boots and sleeveless shirts here in Conway, Arkansas. We left the Waffle House in Lebanon, MO at the ungodly hour of EIGHT AM! We had trucks coming in and out all night and . . . → Read More: Conway, Arkansas
By Mamahops, on November 28th, 2006
I suppose I should be grateful that he doesn’t insist on staying in a paying campground each and every night, but Jamie sure has amazingly high standards of comfort when it comes to urban boondocking. We have passed large parking lots, churches, hotels with long semis in the parking lots, Cracker Barrels (reported to . . . → Read More: Lebanon, Mo
By Mamahops, on November 26th, 2006
Weather Alert! Winter expected on Wednesday. mark your calenders. We watched the weather report on the local station last night. We’re staying at a wayside stop (CLOSED FOR WINTER) off state highway 14 just south of La Crosse. Not content to experience the Mississpii once, we realized we missed the exit for highway 14, . . . → Read More: La Crosse, Wisconsin
By Mamahops, on November 21st, 2006
Minnesota is either getting warmer or I’m getting used to it. Coming back from somewhere today the radio announced the temperature as 35 and having just been in it, I realized that it wasn’t that bad. Coming out of Yoga today it was “nice” and “warm” and when I got home, seeing the . . . → Read More: The dog ate my post. I SWEAR!
By Mamahops, on November 14th, 2006
The central library in Minneapolis is stunning beyond words. We spent many hours there yesterday and went back for another dose today. I actually got a good exposure to many of the libraries; I hit Northeast, Sumner, one in the SE (Hosmer), Central and Franklin. If Lynden Hills were open I would have . . . → Read More: Minneapolis must be lovely when it isn’t freezing your teeth
By Mamahops, on November 13th, 2006
It has been very hard to get the kids to leave the house. I don’t know if it is the plethora of games and books or incredible company (cousins) or massive amounts of room, but they are all four loathe to leave. Uncle Slade gave Jamie and I a wonderful tour of the . . . → Read More: We’re freeeeezzzzing up here!
By Mamahops, on November 10th, 2006
Jody has asked anyone with kids to link to Kyle’s video and spread the word that a 5pt harness is safer than a booster. Here is Kyle’s video and a picture of my kids. Sissy has upgraded to a Britax SE (from the pictured Marathon) and Ellen is using her Marathon (we sold . . . → Read More: 5 pt harness PSA
By Mamahops, on November 10th, 2006
(was the answer Sissy gave when we asked the kids how they slept last night)
We’re in Minneapolis at my (other) sister’s house and it is, to our eyes, a Mansion. She assures me, however, that the real mansions are a bit more toward the lake and I can’t wait to see them.
. . . → Read More: It’s kind of hard to sleep in a Mansion…
By Mamahops, on November 2nd, 2006
I’ve been reading Chris’s Love Thursday posts for a while now and always wished I could do the same. It just didn’t feel right to me, so I never joined that particular bandwagon. But tonight, after deciding to exercise again, the SECOND day in a row (!!) a lightbulb went off and I figured . . . → Read More: Love Thursday
By Mamahops, on November 2nd, 2006
We’ve been heavy into negotiations with the boys and finding and paying off all the Sugar Sprite requests by the kids. The boys negotiated $9 for their stash (after they ate what they wanted the night of Halloween and the morning after) and the girls kept bagging up requests and leaving them in odd . . . → Read More: Does the Sugar Sprite take Nestle?