Smellyann Strikes Again

Sundays In My City: Getting Lost In Downtown Boise

Okay, so I have a two-days-late entry for this week's Sundays in my City, hosted By Claudya, but here I am better late than never! Right? Right??! Ten days after we arrived in Boise, Idaho, on March 20th, we decided... Read more →

Sundays In My City: Getting Lost In Downtown Boise

Okay, so I have a two-days-late entry for this week's Sundays in my City, hosted By Claudya, but here I am better late than never! Right? Right??! Ten days after we arrived in Boise, Idaho, on March 20th, we decided... Read more →

Sundays In My City: Backyard Surprises

Hi again! I'm playing two weeks in a row, y'all! This must be a record for me. Link up here if you want to play along with Claudya and the rest of the SiMC gang this week!This weekend, I have... Read more →

Sundays In My City: Field Trip To Babby Farms

Welcome back, those of you here from By Claudya's weekly carnival, Sundays in my City. I haven't been posting in a while, and now we've moved from Miami, Florida, to Boise, Idaho. Big leap of faith and huge culture shock,... Read more →

Field Trip: The Peregrine Fund At The World Center For Birds Of Prey

Way back on March 20th, before Jack's 14th birthday, Team Odette was invited to visit The World Center for Birds of Prey in order to learn about the important work being done by The Peregrine Fund. I feel absolutely awful... Read more →

Saturday 9: Mama Can't Buy You Love

Happy Mother's Day to all of you moms out there! Link up here if you're playing along this weekend. ~*~*~*~*~ Mama Can't Buy You Love (1979) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here. 1) This week's artist, Elton John,... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: Crazy Chicago Questions

Hey there! Link up here if you're playing along this weekend, too! ~*~*~*~*~ Cheers to all of us thieves! Sunday Stealing: The Chicago Crazy Questions 1) What was your dream growing up? Forever, I wanted to be a marine biologist.... Read more →

Backyard Bonfire

Jack is very suggestible. You put an idea in the kid's head that sounds like it might be a good one, and he latches onto it and mentions the thing at least daily. When, recently, I brought home some graham... Read more →

Jack's 14th Birthday

Okay, so, considering Jack's birthday was March 22nd, I'm a little late,.. but better late than never?? The first thing he wanted to do when he woke up was make us some pancakes. That's right; he wanted to cook for... Read more →

A Walk With My Curly Girly

Today, I needed some caffeine and rustled up enough change to go get some kind of diet cola from someplace. Chloë decided to go with me, so we could have a little mommy-and-me time. It's harder to come by now... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: The Mommy Time Meme

I stole Bud's Sunday Stealing logo right off his blog! I clicked that instead of the ... well, long story short, it was un accidente, and now that it's there, it amuses me because it's in keeping with the idea... Read more →

Saturday 9: Don't Sleep In The Subway

Hey everyone; link up here if you're playing along today! ~*~*~*~*~ Saturday 9: Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here. 1) Subways can be bright and noisy. Do you need it dark and... Read more →

Praise The Lord; He Is Risen!!

I wanted to take some Easter portraits of the kids at church this morning (Vineyard Boise), but Jack completely forgot to wear his Easter clothes, and I didn't notice until we were walking into the sanctuary. Oops! So, here are... Read more →

Sophia's 12th Birthday

Yesterday, this young lady turned 12 years old! [Mom whine: I can't believe my "baby-est baby is twelve! :*( ] I asked her when I last grocery shopped if she wanted brownies or cake, and she decided on brownies. If... Read more →

Saturday 9: Work From Home

So it's 3:30 AM on Sunday the 9th, which is technically not Saturday at all - like, anywhere - but I want to catch up with my cohort of 9ers and SSers. I'm bound and determined to catch up this... Read more →

Walking In A Boise Spring Evening

I am SO behind on my blog, as usual, but the past two weeks have seen me in incredibly intense pain. Nevertheless, Chloë and I went for a brisk walk earlier this evening, and I brought my trusty camera with... Read more →

Boise: Scenes From A Family Drive About Town

Today, Moday the First Day of SPRING! all five of us had reason to get in the car and drive around together. I'll get to the reason in a moment. I figured, since we were going to take a leisurely... Read more →

Sundays In My City: Our New Home In Boise, Idaho

Hey, guys! I'd like to show you a little more of our new adventures in Boise, but since it was raining today and we couldn't drive around and get ourselves lost today after church like I planned, that will have... Read more →

Our 4-Day Sprint Across The Country #MiamiToIdaho

So this journey started with Rob being busy selling off all our furniture that wouldn't fit in the U-Haul U-Boxes that we had rented and filled to the brim with all our household belongings... while I was stuck in the... Read more →

Saturday 9: Alone Again (Naturally)

Hey everyone! Glad to be back to Sat9, from here in Idaho. Let's go! ~*~*~*~*~ Saturday 9: Along Again, Naturally (1971) Not familiar with this week's song? Hear it here. 1. Friday was St. Patrick's Day, March 17th! Did you... Read more →