Mary's Ramble

What a difference a week makes! We've got blocks! 

We now have a hole in the ground! This is taken from the southwest (back) corner of the house. The houses in the background were just founda...

We had a GORGEOUS sunset tonight. Just wanted to share... 

"...the 'box' we think is so confining is not really there at all, but just a rearrangement of perception." - Charlie Fox,...

This is where our front yard will be! The house will look like the second one in the row facing the camera, but the color of the first one i...

This one is down the hill looking up at our backyard. The house will be done in the fall!

This just tickled me. Especially the idea that you only need to have ONE convention. NPR : MIT Student Holds Time-Travel Convention And be s...

Okay, some people would say I already had, but this feels like a big step. Last night, I borrowed an e-book from the library! It was a first...

Tuesday night we had the shocking discovery of an earthworm in our dining room. Still can't figure out how he got in, but after reading ...

Anna Quindlen writes "If your mother has been micromanaging your homework since you were 6, it's hard to feel any pride of ownershi...

"The buffalo spent about two hours in the dressing room, where he apparently became fascinated with the image he saw in a big mirror — ...

I was mesmerized by the animation during the closing credits of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events . For part of the team b...

In a few days we can say "Leon, Leon!" But we can always talk about the "dowwwwnfalll of society!" NebraskaPressWomen.or...

Do you "Search and Destroy" or do you "Lay and Wait?" Maybe you're a "Stalker" or do you just "See it...

At last! Permission to scribble in my books, though according to Ben Macintyre's rules, I shouldn't do it in my hardcovers. But that...

It's one thing to say your child can't read a controversial book in school, but to keep his whole class from reading it is something...

It's nice when crime stories have a happy ending: Yahoo! News - Police Follow Doughnut Trail, Solve Crime

Dutch news in English: Radio Netherlands (okay, so this is mostly for myself, but let's face it...if you're reading this, you'r...

TheOmahaChannel.com - News - Omaha Marine Killed Same Day Wife Gives Birth

Okay, this is just ridiculous. Some parents are just a little too...something. Geez. TheOmahaChannel.com - News - Homosexuality Worries Get...