Killer mosquito bites: the gruesome totals

I counted up the bites on Regina and Isaiah, who were the ones who got bit the worst. Regina has about six dozen bites covering her face, arms and legs. Isaiah takes the prize, however, with a grand total of about ten dozen bites – a full three dozen on his neck alone. [...]

Home Owners at Last

So, it’s official now. We own our own house.
We are also massively, unthinkably in debt now. As in thirty years worth of debt. That’s a sobering thought.
Now that we finally own the place, I’m really eager to get out there and take possession of it. Packing up and taking down all [...]

Wildfire!

There is an enormous wildfire near our house (as in thirteen miles away).  It is apparently right along the route that J. always took to work.  Last night it smelled as though there was a bonfire in our back yard, and we could see the smoke in the sky and occasionally little bits of falling [...]