He started taking trumpet lessons last year from a sweet girl we know. He practiced, and he got better, and this fall, joined the band. Tonight was the first concert, and it was excellent. Plus, he attempted to iron this shirt himself while I was making spaghetti. It was a struggle and Maria helped out. […]
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We have a little toy, a race car driver guy, who talks when you slap his backside. I know it, and I agree. It was some gift trinket from years ago, and yet it still lives. Well, it says this: “You’re the man. Woo Hoo! It does not get any better’n dat.” b.g. was carrying
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is what we’re having here, and we all needed it. I have to work a couple hours tonight, but that’s it for the whole entire day. Saturday and Sunday are each going to be twelve hours, plus showing houses in a snowstorm is not something I look forward to. But today, we’re soaking it up–the
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Oh wow. Yeah. A short time ago, I was invited to a cat tea party. I have no idea what a cat tea party is. We’ve never owned a cat–Dan is allergic. Well. I was tired and feeling pissy and snitty (nothing to do with the kids) and went out to the family room, hoping
Bright sunshine, 70 degrees, kids outside raking leaves with their dad. Julia’s so self-sufficient these days she thinks she can use a key to unlock the garage all by herself. You go, Girl. Last night we had Heidi’s dog here being babysat while they were at birth classes again. Tim and the dog, Morgan, have
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We had two nice days of watching this guy. I didn’t take any pictures. These were on my camera, must have been Maria. Here he is late in the afternoon. We had a awesome episode of Couch Potato Grandma in the morning, so he wasn’t ready to sleep until almost 3pm, and by 4 his
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
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,
