Category Homestead Happenings

The lights are on

We learned a lot being without power for four days and without phone and internet for five. You can watch a movie on your laptop… but when your spouse says, “Why don’t you fix us some popcorn?” you realize that…

Blogging in the dark

Tree down. Power out. iPhone works. So blogging is unhindered. Check out journeyguy.swurl.com this week. I’ve got jury duty and will only be microblogging. Be sure to comment there. It’s cool how comments work on Swurl.

New wheels (again)

Many of you have followed my Moped Saga. It began last year with the attempt by my family to be a one-car family due to finances (can we say gas prices?). After successfully parking my Nissan for a month without…

Scooter life

It’s been a crazy past week here at the Noble household trying to get our school routine down. Car-pooling, kids’ activities and sports, photography shoots, meetings and out-of-town trips have taxed our one-car, no-scooter strategy. We’ve put it off as…

Home

Whew. We made the trek home from San Angelo this a.m. Caro and the kids had been there for several days, and Jeremy and I joined them Friday evening after a week in Glorieta. Tons of fun crammed into one…

Lake life

After a wonderful week in Glorieta, Jeremy and I left Friday morning. We drove through Amarillo and then headed south to rendez-vous with my family in San Angelo at wifey’s folks Lakehouse. It was a huge change from spending the…