Sonya Schryer Norris

What I’ve Been Reading

Here are some of the things I’ve been reading. All of the images click to Amazon where you can read reviews. The Sisters Antipodes. The true story of two families in the diplomatic corps – one American, one Australian, who decide, basically, to swap families. The spouses switch partners and the kids stay with theContinueContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading”

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First Dance

After 6 1/2 years of marriage, Scott and I had our first dance at a Michigan Youth Leadership Forum event last week that we attended as part of Scott’s participation in the Association of State Employees with Disabilities. The Michigan Youth Leadership Forum (MYLF) for Students with Disabilities is a unique career leadership training programContinueContinue reading “First Dance”

Tree Trimming

Y’know how you can start out doing one little thing and with no intention on your part it can turn into two seemingly unnegotiable weekends worth of work? OK, that just happened to me and Hubby. For us, it started with an afternoon where Hubby and I took a perimeter look at our house, pullingContinueContinue reading “Tree Trimming”

Kitchen Cupboard Project Update

Remember the Winter Project of 2008 that became a Continuing Saga and turned into the Day I Stripped… Paint? To cut to the chase, Hubby wanted to refinish the kitchen cupboards and so to ease me into the project we decided to refinish the pantry doors. It’s been 6 months since my last post onContinueContinue reading “Kitchen Cupboard Project Update”

210 W. Washtenaw

A piece of information that my third cousin once removed (Third Cuz) was able to share with me is where in Lansing my second great grandparents lived – the Egans. The street still exists and here is me this morning in front of the corner where they lived. It is now an insurance company building.ContinueContinue reading “210 W. Washtenaw”

Third Times the Charm

You never know who is reading your blog. And how far they’ll come to make contact. Above is me, my mom, and my third cousin once removed. She began following this blog when I wrote about my maternal grandfather Francis William Schryer (in Jan of 2008). He is a family member we have in commonContinueContinue reading “Third Times the Charm”