The handle on the back door is broken again. We have to replace it about once a year because that door takes a terrible beating. It’s inherent in life with a newfoundland in the house. She barges her big self into the door went she’s trying to get out, and even worse is when she’s […]
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Late this afternoon Jay and I were lying on our bed. He was trying to get up the ambition to go put in a new water heater for someone, and I was trying to coax him to take a nap first. (I know, I know, nothing gets done by sleeping.) Anyway, while sprawled out there,
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our anniversary… a few pictures for fun… …yeah, it’s been a looong time…it’s also true that the coolest thing about our marriage is the family that’s resulted from it. we’re lucky people, and smart enough to know it. a picture from back in the day…1982? and now we’re grandparents… and the whiskers are a little
This guy turned a year old yesterday, so we spent the afternoon at his birthday party. Here he was a year ago. something about that fragile little hand under his chin just gets me by the heart (there’s his very brave mother in the background. she’d rather not appear without makeup. i understand.) Here he
Heidi and Joe showed up last night with this fine lab puppy. She was adopted from a rescue place. Her name is Morgan and she’s as sweet as she looks, velvety fur and long legs. They have two guinea pigs already, Rufus and Rory, so hopefully the puppy will like them too. The old puppy
Kari likes having him to herself too This guy is here today. I love babysitting him because for the entire day I have him all to myself, can hold him all I want and not be considered a baby hog. I don’t have to take turns and be polite. I don’t want to be polite.
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The party at preschool is on Thursday, so we gotta be ready. We managed, even though the construction paper I was sure we had was gone and we couldn’t find any of those little paper doilies. We had some. I dunno where they went. These turned out fine anyway. It was fun. Tonight I went
Okay, a few minutes ago, we had Julia upstairs at 10:20pm with her squealy, giddy laughing. Their room is above ours, and I could hear her feet running all over the place. This kid had bedtime prayers, kisses, was tucked in very nicely. The mandatory ritual of the fetching of the Yo-J was done. That
Kirsten took this picture of Kari, and for the record, Kari’s a very patient girl… Kirsten’s car? The mechanic finally called tonight about 7. It’s the fuel pump! It’s a straightforward problem with straightforward solution. Whew. That car is so twitchy and glitchy, it makes us incredibly nervous whenever it acts up. But this we
