While we were at the beach, Jeremy had occasion to write some song lyrics during a noisy car ride. Since our return, the song has become quite popular in our house. Sing it to the tune of the Children’s church song, “Deep and Wide” in a slow, melodic way. Never indicate by any gesture…Continue reading Hush Your Face
Dear False Guilt
Dear False Guilt, I CAN’T believe you dared to show your ugly face around me again! And so sneaky . . . .After that whole knock-down drag-out we had five years ago in PNG where you made me feel like the world’s worst mom and biggest loser, I thought I’d recognize you if you crept…Continue reading Dear False Guilt
This Day in History
Since our electricity just came back on after an outage, tonight’s post will be brief. I’m going to share with you a little game I like to play called “On this Day in History” with the photos stored on my computer. Here’s how it works. I look through our files for a picture taken on…Continue reading This Day in History
I Got my Low Mo Back!
It’s been a few weeks since the upsetting moment wherein my body was over taken my space aliens who forced me to entertain the advances of a door to door salesgirl, who forced upon me overpriced educational products. After that, perhaps due to the trauma of that failure, I began to notice that I had…Continue reading I Got my Low Mo Back!
Beach Pictures
I know technically it is bad blog form to just do personal blog stuff if your blog is not JUST a family blog. Since my blog not exactly a family blog, I have suffered a few seconds of guilt for indulging in this album-like display; however, it is 11:53 and I need to hit the…Continue reading Beach Pictures
Summer Program 2011
Now that we are back from our vacation, we are starting out the Ryder Family Summer Program. “What is Summer Program?” you ask. Well, basically it is the means by which five individuals, with nothing particular to do and little money to spend, co-habitate from June to August without killing each other. Having J home…Continue reading Summer Program 2011
I Love my Dad
(This post was delayed one day because when we returned from the beach, our phone and internet were down. Alas! Therefore, you will have to indulge my belated posting.) When I sat down to write a Father’s Day post for my dad, I didn’t have an overarching theme like I did when I wrote my…Continue reading I Love my Dad
Faking It
Summer Vacation Day 5, 6, 7 Yeah, yeah. I know. I’m already behind. I’ll make it up to you later by inundating you with multiple posts in one day. We’ve been busy, but I thought I’d grace you with a hysterical family photo that kind of sums up the delight of the last night of…Continue reading Faking It
Some Duds
Summer Vacation Day 5 You and I both should have known that by committing myself to blog everyday, I was inadvertently committing to sending some duds into cyberspace. This may be one. I think, when I lack something to write about, I will write a list of random things that happened today. That’s gotta be…Continue reading Some Duds
Dare to Eat a Peach
Summer Vacation Day 4 Be aware. This is my semi-annual ‘nerdy’ post. Halfway through beach week, I am at a zenith of both nostalgia and melancholy. Are these inevitable by products of the beach for everyone, or is it just me? Perhaps one contributing factor is that our vacations with my in-laws are at the…Continue reading Dare to Eat a Peach