When I came home from work today, Julia and Tim showed me the kite they’d made. It was cute and tiny. They’d found sticks in the yard to use for the frame, and ribbons from a graduation balloon for the tail. Adorable and funny–I liked it. Later they offered to demonstrate flying it. Jay snickered […]
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The party was wonderful. Lots of Jay’s friends came, and our family was here, our friends. i told them to pretend they were having fun. look how much fun they’re having. There was no rain, and no obnoxious heat. The evening was overcast and mild. The crowd ate, talked, played basketball, eventually wandered up to
Yeah, me and a kid I don’t really deserve Sumi, Larry, and Jay Into the future… love, Mom
was tonight. Photos, thank you Kirsten. Here’s the band. Maria had to play tonight, and man was she mad. She was storming around here like a thundercloud. “So boring!” “So stupid!” “I hate this blouse!” I dunno. It’s just a plain white blouse, and she plays a very fine oboe. The band sounded lovely. Here
ah yes, the backyard, where we actually live Okay, we’ve got the whole place pulled together. All the dog poop has been picked up, and that’s no small thing. Wood chips have been spread to cover the dirt where grass won’t grow, again because of the dog. We have that little play yard fence for
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“A lot of things have happened to me this year, so I thought you might want to know what they are. Here’s my list: 1. I survived my first year of school ever! 2. I made a ton of friends. 3. I went to my first school dance. 4. I had whooping cough for like
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The catalpa is blooming, big blossoms that look like popcorn balls and smell like bath powder. We planted this tree back when Little Jay was tiny. Both he and the tree came up to my waist. Catalpas seem to double in size every year at first, and now look at it. It shades the whole
So we keep cleaning. Jay trimmed trees today and mowed the lawn, fixed the screen door and the broken handle… Now he’s making spaghetti. I tackled that room below the family room. Oh, that room. Kirsten used to live down there when she was in college, but now it’s just another big room where Lincoln
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We are getting ready for Little Jay’s graduation party next Friday. Oh, yeah. Jay put roasts in the oven to cook and then did landscaping clean up. In the rain, he did this. Yep. He doesn’t even complain. I don’t get it. He’ll wail away about government paperwork, but with rain dribbling down the neck
