Okay, tonight Tim asked Maria and me about growing a coconut. We laughed and speculated if it’s anything like the avocado seeds Lydia is trying to sprout, this could take a looong time. The avocado experiment began when Dan and Alicia sent an avocado for b.g. to eat for lunch. The kids were interested in […]
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It’s bedtime now, but the sun was bright today, and the air too. In the afternoon, after I worked last night and in the morning, I fell sound asleep on the bed in the sun. The sheets were in the laundry, and that tumbled up pile of pillows was so inviting. I was angry when
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The Mummy Wrap Game gets its own entry. This game–was made up like 8 or 9 years ago. All it consists of is a race to wrap partners in toilet paper. We don’t want no cryin’ or screamin’, so we pass out rolls of toilet paper, have the grand ONE-TWO-THREE-GO! and then that’s the end
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Tonight was the Halloween party at my parents. It was loud, and rowdy, and awesome. At one point my mom said her head was swimming. I teased her, “At least none of them brought their dogs.” She hooted. (Anyway, this marks the one year point of this blog too, by the way. I started it
James is a very laid back person. He doesn’t get excited about much. He doesn’t get mad very often, doesn’t ever cause trouble or smart off to us. But this super relaxed aspect of him also sometimes makes me nuts, like when I’m in a hurry, or have my hands full, and there he is,
Tonight we celebrated Kirsten’s birthday, and though the wind was howling and rain pounding against the windows, it was lovely, cozy, perfect. In the clutter and the racket, the grandsons and grand dogs running all over, our own beast Sam pacing around, it was just a darn lotta fun. Kirsten invited her friend Meghan too,
That’s her. First we had two boys, a year apart. Then four years later, we had two girls, two years apart. We had the big brothers and the little sisters. And it was like that for five and a half years until Baby Jay came along and hit the family like some kind of crazy
This taken from the upstairs window. That’s our neighbor, Bob, pulling out his dock. Another angle, sigh. But we did have a good time, cards, and deep fried cheese curds, movies, the video games, the art projects, and even some running around outside in the rain. One card poker, and this guy feels he’s losing.
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She wants no pictures of herself running by, which I understand. These guys were pretty happy about the playground. Later, supper and blankets sewn for a friend’s new baby. All in all it was a lovely day. love, Val
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