Highlights from Ps & Q

Earlier this week, we had some home improvements of the unexpected kind. On Saturday, we had a bit of a planned upgrade scheduled. We've lived in this house for a little over five years. It's a great house, and we've definitely made it our own during our time...

Friday went by in a blur, as many Fridays seem to. Along with all the usual work stuff, Erin and I had a ton of adulting going on. Lots of fun things like reviewing insurance policies and researching the correct light bulbs to use the new light fixtures we are having...

On Thursday, it was finally hot enough to engage our brand new air conditioning system. Hooray! It worked. It doesn't do anything fancier than that. It does keep us cool, but it's not like it has bluetooth or any other awesome perks. But hey, we're happy to be back in...

Every day really seems to blend into the next in a constant stream of forward motion. Of course, it's not like we're going anywhere and lots of times it doesn't feel like I'm accomplishing nearly as much as would be implied by how busy the days are and how tired I am...

Our HVAC finally repaired, the weather rewarded our efforts and expense by delivering an incredibly perfect and comfortable day that in no way required us to turn on any kind of temperature control. That is good, of course, but anytime you buy something new there's...

On Sunday, we decided we would finally break orbit and actually leave our immediate neighborhood for pretty much the first time since quarantine started. Rocky Mountain National Park, which is about an hour and a half north of where we live, has been in the process of...

We made it pretty easily through night one with no air conditioning. The house was a little stuffy because it was pretty hot and sunny all day on Friday, but Saturday morning was cooler and more overcast, so things were actually feeling pretty comfortable.Erin took...

Friday morning started off smoothly enough. It was a busy, but constructive week, and the kids had a constructive morning too. They dove right into a tower-construction project that produced some pretty impressive results. (See Amelia's guest blog on the topic.)Erin...

In full disclosure, it has been a mighty long day and I don't have a lot of words or thoughts in me." But much like the days that I go for a "run" that is more like a modestly frantic mosey, I do want to at least do something here to keep that promise to myself to...