At bedtime Saturday night, Tim and Julia were super silly, laughing, kicking around. We yelled for them to get to sleep, and then I overheard this: Tim: “Julia, Julia, want to hear a joke?” Julia, giddy laughing: “Yeah.” More laughing, then Tim: “What’s 8+9?” Julia, still giggling and kicking around: “I don’t know!” Tim: “Weiner.” […]
Yesterday my daughter in law and I were talking about t.c. and what a nut he is. His mom and I are a little worried about when he goes to school, hoping he gets teachers who appreciate him. I hate that he’ll have to go at all, be molded by that place. I’d love to
It was a great afternoon. Soup’s on the stove, and the Christmas cards are ready to go. Tomorrow is Monday. love, Val
Okay, last night we went to bed, same as usual, set the alarm for 6 am. I crawled over him and hit the snooze button a couple times, and then thought, “I HAVE to get up! Ugh, I’m sooo tiiired.” I wandered to the bathroom and stared at myself in the mirror. Gawd, I look
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Life is getting back to normal after the big snowstorm….it was fall still on Monday, but by Tuesday night—all winter. It’s 8 degrees out right now. That was quick. Tuesday evening I drove to a party for work, taking the side roads the whole way, and it was tedious driving, but so beautiful, the snow
…we were in Florida, south of Naples on Marco Island. Some friends invited us to spend a week at their timeshare with them. Our friend was here last night, standing in the kitchen eating chili. We’re supposed to have a big blizzard today, so we were reminiscing about our trip. Dang, that was fun. Wish
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Well, the much anticipated sleep over with t.c. was last night. My daughter in law practically threw him in the door yesterday afternoon, hugged me, and ran back to the car because her baby was sleeping. The kid came roaring into the house, hollering, “Take my backpack! Where’s Tim!” They played Legos and trucks and
Heidi and Joe were married. Below is something I wrote that night after the wedding for my friends who live out of town. I would love to go back and live that evening all over again…. Oh, I cannot even express how perfect tonight was. Heidi and Kirsten slept over last night and this morning
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