Author Archives: allyanne

Thanksgiving              

WOW, it was beautiful this morning! It's amazing to me how sunlight can transform the mundane into the extraordinary, how light itself is what is beautiful. The sun broke through the clouds while I was on my walk this morning … Continue reading →

I am thankful for dark chocolate. Every.single.day. I am thankful for the opportunity to be parents, if only for a little while. The experience is so rich, so difficult, so rewarding, and so valuable to me I am thankful that … Continue reading →

Why is November so SHORT this year? October lasted forever. November, not so much. I am looking forward to all the Thanksgiving festivities and the holidays to follow, but I am left a bit breathless by the relentless pace. I … Continue reading →

Did you know that there is a huge storm off the eastern coast right now? With massive flooding, high winds, and power outages? And did you know that Heidi and I are in the middle of it, stuck on Chincoteague, … Continue reading →

See you next year, favorite month!            

It was really, really big.   And really, really fun!           And while the wide-angle does not love my face, the boy does, and I love him. "Allyson, can you take a picture of me and … Continue reading →

      Because doing your homework in the leaf pile is the best.thing.ever.     A bed of leaves for small autumn sprites!

    And yesterday, a beautiful day and an abyssmal game. We weren't too bothered, though, since I wouldn't call either of us Browns fans. We do root for them though. It was enough to be out on that glorious … Continue reading →

I miss blogging. I love little A, and I would do this again, but I hate this process–the not-knowing, the dealing with all the bureaucracy, wondering if we'll have any return on all the time, money, love, emotion, self, that … Continue reading →

Heidi, Chad, Little A., and I went to Boo at the Zoo in Cleveland this past Sunday. Little A went dressed as a bear, and he was super cute! Heidi was a Polynesian woman, and while cute is not a … Continue reading →

It is the best month of the year! So why do I always feel sick in October?? My sinuses rebel, my head hurts, my neck is sore, and I feel like a train wreck when I wake up every morning. … Continue reading →

First, we picked apples.         Then, after nap, we went on a hike.     Finally, after this active day, a day during which I hadn't had a shower, or done my hair, or vacuumed the hairy … Continue reading →

Wow, it's Wednesday already! I'm still in weekend mode for some reason, which works against me when I need to do weekish stuff instead. This past weekend, we were in Pittsburgh for Chad's oldest (and I mean OLD) brother's 40th … Continue reading →

Yay, it's cold today! I am very excited about this, because I get to wear my sweater and slippers. I think I am also getting my annual autumn sinus infection. I am not so excited about that. We went on … Continue reading →