Tonight was the party for Dad’s birthday. They were without electricity for many days after the storms came through, but the power came back on Tuesday night, so everything was back to normal. (Yeah, there was a feast.) This little girl fell asleep on the way to the party. Too much swimming in the hot […]
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Tonight was Dad’s birthday party at my parents. These are pictures from the back yard. Dan gave some hill rolling lessons. b.g. had a downhill spin thing going on, and p.j. kept going sideways. Someone got my camera and got a picture of me rolling down the hill. I commented that the yard
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Yeah, everyone was happy at the little pool today and the afternoon was gorgeous–not too humid, nice and hot, mild breeze. Happy Thursday. love, Val
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Okay, I’m a follower of the blog, The Happiness Project. I read her book while sprawled on various lawn chairs in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in December a couple years ago. That’s a good place for the contemplation of happiness. Anyway, when I first discovered The Happiness Project, we were in the free fall of the
These are pictures Dan took over by his house. I swiped them from Facebook. See the water gushing from cracks in the pavement? Bubbling out of storm drains? Yeah. This next photo is not one of Dan’s pictures. This was taken by my friend Ann, mother of James’ buddy, a guy upstairs at my house tonight.
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Today! When it was time to get ready, I noticed p.j. had dumped out her entire bag, as she tends to do most days. Except SAM had flopped down all over the child’s clothing. Why? Sam wouldn’t say. We parked the car over at Kirsten’s and walked down the block to the pool. The pool
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And then we loaded up all our soggy towels and stale crackers and came home again. I called my dad tonight to wish him Happy Father’s Day–he and mom were at a graduation party today. We talked a little while and he said, “Would you like to talk to your mother?” It made me laugh
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The swamp above, and the fish house below, Jay cleaning fish. And inside, Father’s Day cards being made: It was a pretty nice Saturday night. love, Val
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We had a big fire and burned all our papers from the 80s. All the gas bills, bank statements, pay stubs, gone. The receipt for the sod, for the bunk beds, for the vacuum cleaner? All gone in smoke. It was quite a decade. The boat made it into the water for the first time
This kids were home today with James, Little Jay, and Kari in charge while Maria and I drove out to Wisconsin to register for her classes at the university for the fall. It was a gorgeous day on the college campus, and I wished I had my camera along, but did not. When Maria asked
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