Today. And everyone teases her, “Sweet Sixteen and never been kissed.” (She’s had a marriage proposal, but never been kissed. Hunh?) Tonight Julia said, “Yes, you have too been kissed. Mom kisses you all the time.” Maria threw back her head and laughed. That’s not the kind of kissing we’re talking about. Sixteen years ago […]
This is a very fine coffee table, bought at JC Penney about 15 years ago. It’s solid oak, and I paid about $200. Okay, see it in the picture there? Ordinary. Fine. John says I got my money’s worth out of that thing. I disagree. An oak coffee table that cost hundreds of dollars should
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click on this if you want. that speck in the sky is the eagle. We spent it in Wisconsin, doing a whole lot of nothing much. kids making collages–all you need is an idea–a theme (could be anything,) a scissors, a glue stick, and a pile of magazines… sidney relaxing while we watched roman holiday
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Yesterday in line at the second hand shop, Kari came running at the last minute with a little dalmatian puppy figurine, and as she rounded the corner it slipped out of her hands and hit the tile. She looked horrified. Two legs broke off, not quite shattered, but in a number of pieces. She gathered
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The week was kind of like this–a little giddy, a little silly. We had a really good time. Yesterday she and Kari made lasagna and the big kids came for supper, and also the little guys. t.c. was pretty impressed by the bowl with the green hand. Tonight at bedtime, she kissed all the kids
A chain saw sculpture of Sponge Bob: And a very short boat ride. See those clouds? love, Val
But at least we’re not flooded like the southern part of the state is. The highlight of the day was a trip to……TARGET. Oh my gosh, the thrills continue… It’s all good though, plenty of laughing, lots of easy going quiet. We watched a cheesy movie that’s been in the cabinet for years called Two
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This woman is arriving on a plane! We met on a mom’s email list a long time ago, and the first time she brought her babies and came to visit us, people were worried. “You met ‘er on the Inner net? That’s dangerous.” Because we’re both very dangerous. A couple years later, we drove out
This is the one. Believe it or not, this is the first time we’ve ever spent time alone together. For two days, he got to come to Grandma’s all by himself. He’s a bit tiny and quiet with a smile that shows both the bottom and top teeth, and gorgeous curly eyelashes. In the space
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It was a pretty quiet weekend at the lake. Thursday night at bedtime, the kids were begging for this guy. His parents are high school friends of John and Dan, and they’re good natured. Even though it was almost ten at night, I called, and they said sure he could come with us. Now do
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