Kymberly Foster Seabolt

1 week ago | farmanddairy.com | Kymberly Foster Seabolt

A short time ago I wrote that I needed a hobby. I was tired of relaxing every evening after dinner with nothing much to do. I enjoy reading and binge watching as much as any gal but I really wanted something MORE to do most evenings. I tried yoga but that doesn’t take up too much time — at least not the way I do it. That would be poorly and with very little commitment. Two and a half weeks ago, GirlWonder and her husband moved into their new-to-them-but-also-very-old house.

2 weeks ago | farmanddairy.com | Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Well, I’ve been ‘fraid of changin’‘Cause I’ve built my life around youBut time makes you bolderEven children get olderAnd I’m gettin’ older, too— from “Landslide”by Stevie NicksThe day she turned 26 years old, our “baby” spent the evening tearing out an old drop ceiling in her kitchen. As the little bits of ancient plaster and mouse poop rained down upon her, she grinned and said, “I love my house.” We never doubted we had brought the correct baby home but that sealed it.

3 weeks ago | farmanddairy.com | Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Faithful readers, or any one who has even glanced in the direction of this column recently, will know that GirlWonder has bought a house! It’s so exciting. Obviously the days leading up to closing were white knuckle anxiety because even seasoned professionals who do this daily will, apparently, send last minute requests for information that read as if this is, in fact, their first ever real estate deal ever. It seems that no matter how well prepared one is, something always comes up.

4 weeks ago | farmanddairy.com | Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Tagging on to my ghost essay of last week, I have a situation to share. We have a lamp in our bedroom that turns on every morning at 4:10 a.m. Monday through Friday. We have no idea why. Look, I know it’s not a ghost. Unless it’s the ghost of smart technology that I’ve somehow lost track of. Is this how the machines have an uprising? It starts with lamps that go off the grid and start to control themselves? I have various apps to control all the smart devices in our house.

1 month ago | farmanddairy.com | Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Sometimes, you just have to give up the dream. I know that now. It’s important to admit your shortcomings. To know who you are as a person, as a people really. For me that day came when I gave up on board games. It was a hard loss. Past. I grew up on board games. It sounds so iconic, but I swear it really happened. Holidays and Sunday dinners at my grandma’s, the entire extended family would gather around Scrabble or that 1980s fave, Trivial Pursuit.