NYC 2010
In celebration of our 20th wedding anniversary, Monica and I decided to head to New York City for Memorial Day weekend. Let’s do some sight-seeing! Let’s see a show! OK, let’s go. We stayed at the Hampton on 8th Ave. between 51st and 52nd streets and hopped a sight-seeing bus a few blocks away. Yes, [...]
First Day of School, 2009
Continuing the tradition another year (our ninth), the first day of school had me bring out the ladder to take a group shot at the front of the house. Beautiful weather blessed us again and everyone was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed extra early. Obviously, that was a one-and-done event as the week wore on. The rest [...]
Summer continues
We’re sort of in a lull (just for today), so I thought I’d give a quick summertime update. Chronologically speaking… Hannah had a great time at volleyball camp at UW-Whitewater two weeks ago. Even though she was a little under the weather on the final day, she got much needed work as a setter. A [...]
Over
Seems like everything is over. Finally, there’s a bit of a lull at the Schommer household. To wit: The girls’ birthdays are over. Happy birthday again (x2) to las chicas. Now that both girls have officially moved into the teen years, I hope you’ll pray for us. Good times ahead, to be sure. I’ve included [...]
Just playin’
The mantra of any good blog is to just keep posting. Anything. Keep your readers coming back. Of course, one should make it at least a little entertaining. To that end, I figured a little techie bit couldn’t hurt. Lately I’ve been playing around a bit with some photo editing software, Adobe Photoshop Elements, just [...]
It all started with Smart Playlists
Let’s get a few assumptions out of the way: 1. You have an iPod 2. You use iTunes 3. You haven’t quite figured out all of the features of either one I’m not saying I know it all – far from it, actually – but I do like to play around in the software and [...]
First day of school, 2008
Tuesday was the first day of school for those in the area. As is our first day tradition, we took a picture of the schoolgirls on the porch of the house. I even got up on a ladder this year so the photos would be taken at eye level. (There were complaints in the past [...]
Hug a lefty today
Someone in our household has the distinction of being a natural left-hander. Throughout her entire life, Monica has had to overcome and adapt in our right-handed world. Many of things we take for granted are completely opposite in her world. The writing on pens and pencils, the way notebooks are bound, can-openers, and many other [...]
