About four in the afternoon, I had the idea we should go downtown to the Macy’s Santa display. Jay made a horrible face like I’d suggested a root canal, but after a little while he warmed up to the idea. When Joe came to pick up the baby I posed it to him, and he […]
This trio of dogs was on the kitchen cupboard when I came home late in the night. Early in the morning this girl arrived, and you can see how she feels about the dogs and their singing. After this, she and I went back to bed, mostly because I was cold. I put Curious George
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Thanksgiving morning it was close to 60 degrees out. By evening, it was sleeting and snowing. At this point Friday morning it was about 20 degrees with a stiff wind. Twenty degrees will feel fine to us in a month, but we are not used to it yet. We drove to the town where Dannell
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Yes, the inflatable Santa! Here they’re putting in the stakes and air is filling. I told Joe I hadn’t been to Walmart since I bought it, don’t dare to! Who knows what I might buy, what I’m capable of? (I never have this problem at Target.) Here are some excited individuals watching from the door.
Lydia is working on the table above. Below is the little girl who was running wild yesterday while we got ready for the party. Here she is, missing half her clothes, with food on the shirt, and snot dried on her face. Dog hair was stuck to the snot. Her grandpa intervened and said, “Come
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Working and cleaning, it’s going to be a great day. The flowers are bought, the tablecloths are ready, tables are in the trailer. The dog is bathed. We’ve dusted the furniture and run the vacuum. I think we’re on our way. See you all tomorrow. love, Val
We made a trip to see Jay’s parents, and had a fun time. Here they are entertaining the little girl in the living room. This is the beautiful table set for dinner. After that we went for a long walk. My mother in law is a good guide, knows all the places and trails, so
Not this boy-he’s staying put. The relocating one is that turtle and tank in the photo behind him. I am including these pictures as a reference point for that turtle tank in the kitchen: how large it is. Today Heidi and Kirsten and I had a conversation about moving it out of the kitchen
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These are stickers I found in the closet earlier in the week. Just for fun, I put them on ebay to see if anyone wanted them. Starting bid: one cent. No takers. Time to give them to the kids–as long as they don’t stick them to any furniture. Oh yeah, the 70s were weird, very
Tonight the notion took hold that the closet at the top of the stairs should be cleaned. Yep. This is my old Barbie camper, which Julia LOVES. Tim was pretty pleased by the pop out tent, the little kitchenette in the back, the whole crazy thing. This is some pop bottle kiddle. He used to
