today marks what would have been (or in my dad’s words, would have/should have been) my mom’s 65th birthday. i’ve been thinking of her all day and wishing she were here to celebrate this milestone.
this photo was taken on my mom’s 61st birthday at luna in spokane, two weeks before she died. she and my [...]
hello blogworld. me again. long time no see.
i have quite a bit of catch up to do, as posting has been sparse and mr. halloran and i have been crrraaaaazzzzyyyyy busy with all sorts of fun things this summer.
but first i’ll start with a little goodbye. last week my grandmother doris (my dad’s mother) passed [...]
apparently i’m in the mood for sifting through old family things these days.
i haven’t really gone through my mom’s recipe box since before she died, but decided to sift through it while mr. halloran was going through another recipe box looking for his precious pizza crust recipe.
inside i found these little gems.
judging by the handwriting [...]
So I’m a bad wife. I forgot to take a picture of the screen door in the daylight. I will show all of Mr. Halloran’s hard work in all of its glory tomorrow.
I am being sort of productive this evening. I am cleaning out my email inbox (I have emails I haven’t responded to since [...]
I am in the best mood today (thank you vintage Christmas music), so I’m going to post about the oh-so-fabulous trip I had to Laramie a couple of weeks ago.
Seriously. It was the best trip. For so many reasons. Number one, it’s been a looong time since I took a trip as just myself to [...]
Three years ago today we lost my mom, Sandra, to esophageal cancer. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss her and wish she were here.
I took a little trip down memory lane this afternoon and looked at some old photos. I sent several to my family for some laughs.
This one is [...]
A relatively new Halloran family tradition continued yesterday, as we went to Bishop Orchard in Garfield, WA for apple picking and cider making. This is our 4th year and it seems we have the cider making down to a science.
Apples were kind of scarce this year. Last October this region experienced unusual freezing temperatures, which [...]
