Author Archives: Sandi Asker

It started around Thanksgiving with the big kids getting sick and keeping us homebound for the 4-day weekend. Then I seemed to fight off whatever they had…and then 7 days later, deal with some nagging hip pain.  Thursday I spiked a … Continue reading →

My friend’s dad suggested a blog post about my adventures as a novice Turkey Cooker so here goes. 8 days ago, Elam came down with what will forever be known as “the year the kids got sick and we couldn’t … Continue reading →

When I was in 7th grade, most of my small class of 37 people stopped talking to me. I don’t remember all of the details or if I deserved it, but I still get sick to my stomach remembering how … Continue reading →

“In the beginning God created the heaves and the the earth.” I read the slide as the introduction to my talk at UMD this past Thursday. I read “heaves” and made eye contact with a female student in the front. … Continue reading →

All of my kids went to school today. Sound the bells. Pop the cork. Put on a party hat. Let me share with you the wonderful pictures of how the back packs were all set the night before and how … Continue reading →

Today was a cut your tongue on the Swiss Army knife kind of day. I was eating my granola with a knife b/c it was either eat with the knife or my fingers. Then I sliced my tongue on it … Continue reading →

Sometimes the hard stuff neaks up on you… like misspelling “sneaks” (this might be a long one folks; sneaks just came out ‘snakes’ and it was only b/c I already misspelled sneaks…) Let’s try this again: Sometimes the hard stuff … Continue reading →

Sit down and grab journal while kids are in pool. 5 min later, middle child bursts out of the pool and hands you the green torpedo to throw to him in said pool.  Drips water all over said journal, Kindle … Continue reading →

It was brutal. The marathon that is. First there was the heat.  The need for water, for the love of all that is good and holy more WATER! Down my neck, over my head (watch out for the FitBit) and … Continue reading →

I literally sat down about 3 hours ago to start this blog when I heard blood curdling screaming coming from the garage. XS was screeching and sobbing.  I waited about 3-4 minutes and realized it wasn’t dying down.  I opened … Continue reading →