summer

I awoke yesterday feeling grumpy. It was a beautiful, late summer day. It needed to be enjoyed by children. But I was having trouble finding enthusiasm for doing anything that required getting out of bed. My friend and I had talked about going to ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/21/2010 - 23:11 - 4 comments

My blog has had some problems this summer, which are now resolved--making it much easier to post. So a little back-blogging is in order. Namely, our big family vacation that we take every year to Maine. Usually we go in August. This is our fourth ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/19/2010 - 11:34 - 1 comment

Blueberries go "kerplink, kerplank, kerplunk" into buckets. Marlowe, where do the blueberries go? Enjoying apple cider ice in the shop. And so another step towards instilling into my poor city kids that food ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/13/2010 - 20:14 - 0 comments

Recently I joined a gym. Shocker, I know. Yes, it's the first time I have ever joined a gym. I was terribly nervous about it, being the nonathlete that I am. I don't know how to use anything. I didn't want to look stupid. I'm just totally out of my ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/05/2010 - 23:32 - 3 comments

FIVE!! Five, five, five. I have a five-year-old. A handful. A veritable kid!! with a long, lean body, the baby fat has gone from his fingers and toes, his shoulders feel firm, strong, muscular. And what a birthday! Of course, one's fifth ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/20/2010 - 22:22 - 1 comment

More bloggy catchup. A month ago I took my Do it With Kids policy to a whole new level by taking my boys down to Lookout Mountain for my sister's college graduation. It's about 700 mi. At the last minute, my mom did the drive down with me, which was ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/03/2010 - 09:06 - 5 comments

Sure, the calendar gives us a few more weeks until summer solstice. But in these parts, Memorial Day ushers in the season and Labor Day closes. Now you have to have beach tags to go to the shore or plan ahead for camping in the Poconos. It's the ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/01/2010 - 09:16 - 2 comments

Last Saturday we went to the beach. Because we only go to the beach in April or September. It would be too obvious otherwise. We went with Grammy and Poppy. It was Grammy's idea, and it was a good one! It's been so crazy and intense here that it was just ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/22/2009 - 21:49 - 4 comments

The day we left New Orleans, and the most fabulous place we've ever lived, in 2005, our dearest friends left, too. Like, we pulled out three hours after they did. They moved to Maine, we moved to Philly. When we first visited them in 2007, I began to ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/17/2009 - 22:33 - 5 comments

We're outtie, folks! Email this post Thank you for your interest in spreading the word about asteroid B612. NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/07/2009 - 02:08 - 2 comments

July included two weddings. Both made possible by the internet. I did music for the first. A friend from church. The second was for Sarah, my old college buddy. I drove to New Hampshire with Marlowe and Elmo DVDs in the back on Saturday. ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/05/2009 - 23:43 - 2 comments

So much to do today, but I just had to say that we had a good time. It was crazy. It was July 4th weekend at a packed out campground in the Poconos. But we had fun. And learned a lot about future family camping. More later.... (And yes, I ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/06/2009 - 11:20 - 1 comment

We're off to enjoy nature for the weekend! This is our first official family camping trip. I'm really excited. (And a little stressed out--hopefully the drive will soothe me.) Email this post Thank you for your interest ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/03/2009 - 14:11 - 0 comments

We are having lots of fun! Keeping up with my blog is becoming more and more difficult as our days go careening by. I think I'll focus on pictures this summer. Give you glimpses here and there of what we're up to. Here are the boys ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/02/2009 - 23:15 - 1 comment

Late April in Philadelphia. Typically on a nice day it's mid-70s or so. Cool, but warm. Rains some, sunshine some. Well, the past four or five days it's been basically summer, the last few days hitting highs in the 90s. Really hot. It's totally thrown me ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/28/2009 - 22:50 - 11 comments