All Boyds, all the time.
This post is the sixth in our “England 2015”:/news/category/travel/england-2015/ series.
The hardest thing about traveling for our seven-year-old daughter Rosie wasn’t the unfamiliar food or the jet lag or the miles of walking we did every day. It was missing our cats. Continue reading “Homesick for Cats: Missing Franny and Pepper all over England”
This post is the fifth in our “England 2015”:/news/category/travel/england-2015/ series.
On our second day in London, we decided to take a trip on the “London Eye”:https://www.londoneye.com. This giant ferris wheel opened in 2000 and consists of 32 large glass-enclosed capsules that hold up to 25 people each. The view is incredible, and the girls had been drawing pictures of it practically since the moment we announced our plans for the trip. Continue reading “Perfecting Fun in Quiet Desperation: A lesson from the London Eye”
This post is the fourth in our “England 2015”:/news/category/travel/england-2015/ series.
Our arrival day was exhilarating, but exhausting. After sleeping minimally on the plane, we landed at 8:30 am England-time with the intent that we would power through until bedtime in order to beat jet lag. Continue reading “The Champion: Our favorite burger for the travel-weary”
This post is the third in our “England 2015”:/news/category/travel/england-2015/ series.
The week of departure was chaos. Pack the bags. Shop for airplane snacks. Clean the house. Finish up work projects. Pack up the cats and bring them to our friends’ house. Back up the computers. As I tied up loose ends at work and at home, staying up into the wee hours of the night, Jon voiced his concern that my stressful aura would spill over into our precious trip. Continue reading “Departure: The journey from crazy to calm”
Yet again this year, we are sending out a blank Mad Lib for the fun-loving among you to create your very own version of a Boyd holiday letter. But if you’re curious about the official version, read on.
Continue reading “Huzzay! It’s the 2015 Boyd Mad Lib!”
Sometimes reading good books together can lead you onto paths that you are not expecting — just like life. Continue reading “Life lessons through literature: Grieving a raccoon”
Today is the first birthday of our dear “kittens”:/news/2015/how-we-became-cat-owners-the-story-of-franny-and-pepper/, Franny and Pepper. Adorable as they may be, we feel that it is appropriate to give a fuller picture of their characters by telling the story of one of their most heinous crimes — and its effect on all the creatures in our household. Continue reading “Remembering Pearlio: How to have a fish funeral”
With two daughters and a lifetime of experience as a female, I have a few things to lament about the way our world treats the ladies. Continue reading “For the Sake of My Sisters”
I was browsing through a copy of Shakespeare’s sonnets the other day and came across one that begins: _When forty winters shall besiege thy brow…_ “Excellent!” I thought. “This will be perfect for my fortieth birthday!” Continue reading “In which I take issue with Shakespeare and invite you to my 40th birthday party”
Yet again this year, we are sending out a blank Mad Lib for the fun-loving among you to create your very own version of a Boyd holiday letter. But if you’re curious about the official version, read on.
Continue reading “Look out! It’s the 2014 Boyd Mad Lib!”