Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

I forgot to tell you that Sarah walked to the mailbox and back home all by herself! This involved crossing many (quiet) streets! I trailed her progress at a distance but I could have stayed home because she clearly didn’t need me. I forgot to tell you that Amy and I volunteered at the Pittsburgh… Read more »

I’m astounded when I think about the market for bags of ice. This week, with our refrigerator still broken, we have been keeping a few things in a cooler and replacing the ice frequently. I don’t think I’ve ever before questioned or contemplated the fact that I can get bags of ice at nearly every… Read more »

It has been a full and wonderful week as long as you don’t include the part about our refrigerator dying on the day we left for a trip! But if that was going to happen then it is really wonderful that Grandpa was around to save the day and throw out all of the food… Read more »

Amy and I made it home last Sunday in time to have two hours to finish her camp packing, take showers, and eat lunch before I dropped her off for the all-camp bus ride up to the actual camp location. I felt like a train going around curves and waiting for my caboose to catch… Read more »

We will first begin with a horror story: I finished the only book I brought on a weekend trip but I am not yet home! Egad! Say it isn’t so!! To back up, last week Amy attended three days of a painting class at her future high school with her future art teacher. This was… Read more »

It turns out that I don’t always know how things will go. A week ago Carl and I were in different states doing different big things and the girls were at home with Grandpa ready to start Camp Anna on Monday. Carl went to his 30 year high school reunion and had a wonderful time… Read more »

On the heels of our family visits in Philly and Delaware, we drove up to New Haven, Connecticut to see a friend that I’ve had since middle school, and then we finished the day in Boston. Apparently, everyone in the world decided to be on the road with us at the same time, but luckily… Read more »

Two days after Sarah came home from camp, the girls and I were on the road to Philadelphia to see family. Carl was at a conference for work and met us in Philly. For our first two days we saw Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop. We also had a nice visit with Pop-Pop’s daughters who came for… Read more »

Apparently it is Sunday! While some part of my brain knew this well, the weekly writing part of my brain did not remember! A week ago Sarah went to camp to stay for five nights. Last summer we tried a similar camp but the sleep-away aspect was too much for her. We slowly worked towards… Read more »

I am extremely proud of myself for navigating around Washington DC last Sunday while Carl was at his rowing race. The girls and I wanted to go swimming. The hotel didn’t have a pool, but they did have a conveniently timed checkout hour, so we borrowed hotel towels and drove to a public pool. The… Read more »