Jessica Schneidereit

Why do morning people get all the praise? Yes, they're the early birds getting all the worms. They're the early to bed, early to rise, healthy and wealthy and wise ones. They're up working in their yards while it's still cool, off to work before the of...

Bubbles?             Sounds like a clown.Bubba?                A wrestler with no neck.Bubs?                  Ditto, but with an even sho...

We are at the four week countdown to Romania, and I've been busy with preparations. Our new passports arrived - I don't like my new picture, but oh well, it's only for ten years. So far this is what I've packed and have all ready to go:So we'll smell f...

One boy equals half a man.Two boys equals half a boy.Or so the saying goes. What do four boys equal? A cleared out redwood grove! Before our swim party on Sunday, some boys asked if they could come over and "help us get ready." We knew what that meant ...

We'll be having gobs of Moldovan friends in our yard for a swim party this Sunday. I hope the weather report is correct and the ghastly heat wave that's coming Saturday will break and bring us bearable weather that day. But if they can't stand the heat...

We learned back in February that Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring would be at the de Young Museum in SF. Going to see it was put on our list of must-sees for the spring. Must see, must go, must do. We managed to squeeze it in on the l...

Oh, my body is going to be very angry at me tomorrow. I learned how to do masonry today and every tired muscle in me is wondering why. Two years ago, at the wall build at our hall, I thought it would be "fun" to join the masonry crew for RBC....

Not to make anyone jealous or anything, but here is an exciting YouTube video showing Videle, the town village in Romania we'll be visiting. Like I said, try to not be overwhelmed by the hubbub - the razzle-dazzle energy emanating from this tourist hot...

How to have a nice little swim party with friends.Some young friends of ours have been asking for months to come and paddle our kayaks in the pool. The grownups' schedules finally meshed and we were able to have them over last night. The weather was ju...

We were sitting around the other night talking to a friend visiting from Ecuador. Jason was telling us all about our friends from Tahoe that have moved there and the adventures they've been having. As we listened about how hard it is to get any officia...