Okay, today we had errands to do: drop off the saxophone at the repair shop, mail packages, have a form notarized, drop off b.g.’s mittens. All these are quick stop errands where I can run in and leave Lydia in the car to supervise. She’s going to be twelve in a couple months. She can […]
Last night it snowed, which is rare this winter. I drove home late at night, creeping along over the ice and unplowed streets, taking the side roads home. It was as bright as day, big pink sky. When I pulled up to the house it looked like a postcard, pines hanging with snow, marshmallow caps
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Tim’s learning to read. He’s getting better all the time. But his level of comprehension is waaaay ahead of the very early books he’s able to get through. Yesterday he read me a story called, “It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny.” It’s a little cartoon rabbit, sick of his own home, who goes to live
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Okay, Kirsten works for a huge corporation with many divisions. This is good. They have broomball tournaments, also good. She signed up. Good, good. She loves broomball. This is a funny broomball story: The team called “Supply Chain” played the team called, “Lawyers.” A guy got his face smashed and cut open across
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Okay, I have a special electronic key for opening electronic lock boxes when I show houses. It’s not that I have any appointments to show houses at the moment–it’d be fun to help a buyer, but never mind. That’s not the point. I put my supra key somewhere for safekeeping. Yah. Smart, I know. So
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These two boys came over today. I was both surprised and happy when they were at the door. I’d forgotten I was babysitting. Whoopsy. It didn’t matter. We were here anyway, and we had fun. He did yell for ice cream, which is always a good thing at Grandma’s house. This however, is one of
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Here they are, two guys, all dressed up. These two met on a park and rec basketball team back when they were eight. They’re hilarious. His dad and I stood there laughing while they tried to fit their little squirelly selves into the school lockers while they waited to have their pictures taken. Awww, here
That’s him in the middle! We went to his house for pizza today. There’s his big brother, and his cousin, b.g. Here’s b.g.’s little brother, growing like crazy. And Dannell and John’s old silly dog. I love her. And this girl is pretty good at baby cuddling. And playing video games: Here we are opening
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Yes, he is! And then he talked to me, all in vowels. His eyes sparkled, and his chin tilted and he said hello. Tears sprang right there and I felt ridiculous. (But the little boy talked to me.) This is one of those incredible baby things–they are so tiny they can’t even use their
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