Sherwood Family Nonsense

This Sunday we had leftover Chinese food for dinner.  We had gotten takeout earlier in the week and Brandon, planning ahead, ordered enough ...

This past week Edwin turned eight.   We started out his birthday with his breakfast of choice, overnight baked pumpkin (it's time ...

I love decorating for Christmas.  Normally I am not a decorator.  I like the idea  of decorating - having a lovely house is a pleasant thin...

When I was younger (by a decade or two), I remember my mother telling me about the dreaded thirty-five.  "You hit that age, your metabo...

This year we got a four-day weekend for Thanksgiving.  The new chargé found a random local holiday (Flag Day) to justify the time off an...

This year Brandon and I hosted Thanksgiving.  While cooking Thursday morning, I added up the times we've hosted Thanksgiving.  Thi...

Last Saturday was the Marine Ball, our third and last Ball here in Dushanbe.  Brandon would usually be perfectly happy to stay home and watc...

Months and months and months ago, I decided that Brandon and I needed to take the children to Dubai.  Normally, I am not the type of per...

This trip to London was my fifth trip (if a long layover where Brandon and I did some sightseeing counts) to the city, and my third trip thi...

A few weeks ago I started having joint pain in my hands and feet, elbows and hips and knees.  It hasn't cleared up and all of the tests ...