by suelarkinsweems | Oct 12, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
It’s overcast this morning, and the trees are bare, stripped by the salt water rained down by the last typhoon. The clouds precede another storm circling in the Pacific, trying to make up its mind about where it will go. Sitting next to the air conditioning, it almost...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 19, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
Well, hello there. We interrupt this dead blog space with signs of life. Where to begin? Hmmm…. Well, last week we had our fortnightly (been dying to use that word) typhoon party when Typhoon Sanba rolled in and out of Okinawa. I got my trampoline disassembly time...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 10, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
Had a busy couple of weekends. We put in 14.5 foot of chain link fence for Carolina (without the Mitchells, sadly) and reassembled Big Bessie Green, the trampoline. We had all KINDS of new friends visiting our yard this weekend. I got to practice my patience and...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 6, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
I found a terrific plant nursery yesterday ALL BY MYSELF (This is significant in two ways: 1. I didn’t have the kids along to ‘help’ and 2. I didn’t have Matt along to REALLY help– like find the place, park, pay and ooze his chaps charm)....
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 27, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
Three-fourths of my kids will load buses in less than twelve hours. The fourth will join them in one week when kindergarten begins. After a beautiful year of extremely messy homeschooling, I brace myself for the buses. While I sat in shock and denial today, they...
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 23, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
This post is a complete mishmash of randomness– sorry. A couple weeks ago I described the outfit Mem wore to register for middle school. Can you picture it in your mind? I was able to get it out of my iPhone. See, I was NOT exaggerating. By the way, apparently...
