Those of you who know us well know that we don’t believe in deprivation camping. We believe in a fine red wine, steak on the grill, dessert smackdowns, queen air mattresses, and down comforters. Until recently, we also camped a whopping ONCE every year. The sleep deprivation, despite the down, was just too much for [...]
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Camping DINK-Style: 2010 in Review
Posted in camping, family on January 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The DINKS are back…..
Posted in family on December 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
After more than 18 months’ hiatus, we’ve decided that the DINKS have been hibernating (on the web at least) for too long. The last year has been a bit insane, with a change in jobs for MaryBeth, a whole new grade for Junior, the constant debate about whether one kid is enough (it IS, thank [...]
We’ve Hired a Wife!
Posted in family, tagged family on April 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So much got done while I was at work today, I can hardly believe it! The dogs went to the vet, the dog poop got cleaned up in the yard, dry cleaning was picked up, laundry was folded, and the dishwasher emptied. Phew! No….I wasn’t “working from home”. I hired a wife. Though I suspect [...]
T-Ball 101
Posted in family, Junior, parenting, tagged family, Junior, parenting, tee-ball on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Say “Hi” to Coach MaryBeth. And no, this isn’t a life-long ambition fulfilled at last – sorry, no bucket-list check-off for this one. It would be more appropriate to put this in the “No good deed goes unpunished” column. Either that or “Naivete has its price”. Who knew (we didn’t) that Little League coaches were [...]
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Posted in family, Junior, parenting, tagged food, Junior on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Double Dark Chocolate from Glacier – the perfect remedy for a bonk on the head!
Trading Kids….An Adult Steamboat getaway.
Posted in family, Junior, parenting, skiing, tagged parenting, skiing, vacation on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In one of our very first posts on this blog, we talked about Trading Kids. We put that system to the test a couple of weeks ago when Mark and I went to Steamboat for 5 days of ski heaven. Without Junior. Before we left, I let both our Nederland friends and Junior’s preschool know [...]
Chicken Coop “Remodel”
Posted in chickens, family, Junior, tagged family, Junior, urban chickens on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the girls get along nicely in the coop that came with them, the design wasn’t quite right for this “shorter” mama. Egg collection required squeezing my entire head and left shoulder/arm into the tiny coop door while simultaneously trying not to inhale the chicken poop that was invariably on the threshold. Enter my two [...]
DINKS (with kid) discover Geocaching!
Posted in family, geochaching, Junior, tagged family, geocaching, Junior on January 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What do you do in the winter in Nederland, CO when the wind is howling at 50-80 miles per hour? Ski at Eldora? Only if psycotherapy isn’t working as well as you’d hoped. Curl up at your friends’ house with mug of chai and some delicious Gingersnap Cookies? Well, yeah……and you also brave those 50-80 [...]
Gingerbread House III
Posted in baking, cooking, family, Junior, recipes, tagged cooking, family, Junior, recipes on January 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I don’t remember too many classic “family traditions” when I grew up. Of course, I have fond memories of certain favorite meals, and my mom’s homemade goodies, but no “every Christmas Eve we _______”. When we had Junior, I vowed to have at least one tradition around the holidays, and my choice was one I [...]
Blankets a’Plenty
Posted in family, Junior, tagged family, Junior on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Junior recently discovered a bin in his closet, filled with “Memere Blankets”, hand-knit blankets made by my mother in almost record speed when she found out I was pregnant. While Junior has always slept with his blue Memere Blanket, we though that one was probably enough. Not Junior. So….every night for the last week or [...]
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