Jennifer Briggs

Amy is selling Girl Scout cookies this year, but not going door to door to take orders. If you live near us I think there is still time to order and select “girl delivery” and we can leave your cookies on your doorstep. That also means you have to wait longer than if you just… Read more »

The nerve block on Monday helped lessen the severity and frequency of my headaches, but after a horrendous headache yesterday morning I am not feeling hopeful that the nerve block was effective as a cluster buster. One wonderful discovery was that if my headaches are below a certain threshold then doing some yoga (child’s pose,… Read more »

I really don’t have much to say about this week other than it was overshadowed by headaches. Mama mouse, Baby mouse school house went well, even on Friday when I was downed by a terrible headache for about 3 1/2 hours. Luckily we had gotten most of our subjects done when it hit and then… Read more »

We are home from our travels, and we saw a double rainbow on our drive which I take to be a good omen. Our first night driving back was spent at a tiny RV park that had a pond and geese a few feet from where we were parked. The second night of our journey… Read more »

We are at our rental house and have had wonderful days playing at the beach that is one block away or in the heated pool that goes with the house. We even went in the pool on the days with a high of 54 degrees! Our first day at the new house was a bit… Read more »

We had another good week of Mama Mouse School House. When Sarah and I did our snuggle time sometimes we talked about muscles and bones. She mostly knows biceps, triceps, deltoid, and scapula. When she brought up the chain on my necklace and how she wants to sleep on a chain that holds a sign… Read more »

Sarah’s newest snuggle-time favorite is for us to trade saying, “you are my dear, my dear.” It is very sweet. I have tried building more rhymes, such as “water is clear dear,” but that hasn’t taken off like the things that rhyme with “four.” She also says that the snuggling is giving her more forks… Read more »

This week is full of wonderful moments. Our Christmas tree is up and decorated as of Monday. Sarah, true to form, wore shorts when we went to get it. The decorating goes faster each year and the ornaments are more evenly spread at all height levels. We learned that Amy is ready to join the… Read more »

I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving. We were grateful for the beautiful weather for our outdoor, safely distanced, masked-except-when-eating meal with Carl’s family. It is odd to write “Carl’s family” when everyone is now my family too, but that tells you the connection of origin. Amy wanted an appropriate outfit so she cut leaves… Read more »

Last Sunday Sarah had her first virtual piano recital. She has had recitals before, but they were all in person. She wore her musical note shirt, shorts, and scarf for the occasion and she did a beautiful job playing her pieces. Carl helped with the zoom while Amy and I stayed upstairs so we wouldn’t… Read more »