Five Bears A-Blogging

There are a lot of things to figure out when your child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It may take a few days, but after realizing that...

It’s official. I can no longer, in good conscience, continue calling our youngest child “Angel Bear”. Henceforth, he shall be known as ...

After patiently waiting...a while...I am pleased as punch to say the tile in the kitchen/breakfast area has all been laid. It's not grou...

Rufus is looking a little rough these days. He's been with us for over three months, since T-Bear's diagnosis, and has been deeply...

“People are best able, and perhaps only able, to cross the many barriers of race, class, custom, and belief that divide them when they are a...

I just had to pass this on (Thanks, G, for the link!). All you crafters with waaaaay too much stuff stuffed into your closets that will NEV...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..... Not really. Several years ago, before your little friend, Angel Bear, was born, we had a ver...

Without coming right out and asking, the doctor asked me if I was educated. I think I said something about “not formally, but I consider my...

A week or so ago I picked up Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables and started reading. It’s been sitting on my “ 100 Greatest Books ” shelf for a ...

We just got back from T-Bear’s checkup with the ped endo, and it went GREAT! He had his first A1c test, and it was 6.5%. WoooooHooooo! Oka...

Well, the Pod stayed on overnight. Yesterday afternoon we took the kids to the pool, and T-Bear was concerned about the tape coming loose i...

For those folks who are on insulin therapy, and are considering that perhaps they'd like to knock off stabbing themselves five times a d...

Thunder Bear got a new bike for his birthday, so his old bike was passed on to Angel Bear, who has mastered his new vehicle sufficiently to...

Well, it had to come sometime or other, and it’s come now. My first “bad” report to the pediatric endocrinologist. After weeks of perfectly ...

Brother Bear started his 3rd Grade CAT5 test today. The State of Georgia requires all homeschooled children to take a standardized test at t...

Papa Bear returned from his day on the High Seas of Florida with a mighty respectible catch. Mostly red snapper... ...and one rock bass. Ti...

Cucumber, tomato, artichoke heart, Greek olives, goat cheese. Salt, pepper, olive oil & white wine vinegar.

I have moved on from the Moon Shell to the Channelled Whelk in Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s Gift From The Sea . This is a book to be lingered ov...

The third, and possibly final, incarnation of the now-infamous Redneck Slip-n-Slide involves two large men pulling on ropes to slingshot a s...

Because 25 ft was not long enough, Papa Bear has added another 25 ft section. Here is the new and improved Extended Redneck Slip-n-Slide ...