Okay, late last night James found me in the kitchen and asked me to buy him two things today: a white shirt, and a pair of black dress pants. ??? He’s going to a school dance this weekend, and from what I gathered from the usual very brief James conversation, Little Jay had taken the […]
Here’s the baby whisperer today, whispering that unruly niece of hers. Ahh, the child is in bed, back to knitting. After while, it was lunch time. Then we wen to James’ basketball game. Julia took over the camera and well, that’s about all that can be said about it. James is number twelve. He’s
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We have an unexpected, spontaneous sleepover here tonight. They took off with the camera, and that’s fine. Have fun. Okay, the picture below is very dark, but it’s mine own t.c. finally asleep. He and Tim watched a movie and t.c. used Julia’s DS and Tim his own, and they played video games for a
Oh, there, take a picture of two friends, so they can remember being fourteen on weekends at the lake. Look again: Oh, Jimmy, that’s real cute. Aww, guys. I love you. love, Mom
Do we know who this boy is? Awww, yeah. We do. It’s Jay back when he was fifteen. I didn’t know him yet, not for a couple more years. See this guy? It’s James. He turned up in the family a while back, like fourteen years ago. I never really thought he resembled his dad
this morning i thought we should have bought flowers. then i remembered we have a garden full of them, dur. Today was James’ confirmation at church. It’s that old Lutheran thing, middle school kids take classes after they’re too old for Sunday School, and then right before high school they finish, and there’s a special
Not sure, but it’s gone. It was daylight savings, gotta spring ahead, you know? Which means all at once Saturday Night Live was over and it was 1:17am. And I had to get up for an appointment in the morning. Okay, that’ll scare you. Get in bed! Now! Quick! It’s tomorrow already! Anyway, we had
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Had to even check the spelling on that. Fourteen. Fourteen YEARS of him. Lucky, lucky us. Thank you Jimmy for everything you bring to life around this damned house, for your good nerves, your patience, kindness, and sense of humor. As happy as we were to meet you, we are happy to know you still.
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This morning I almost overslept. Oh, yeah. A person was expecting me at noon, so I had to leave here at 11:30. I woke up at ten til 11. Yes, really. I slept the entire morning. I mean, I knew I was tired, but not THAT tired, teenager wiped out? Apparently. I made it to
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jimmy and timmy, back in the day The winter. Continues on. The snow is so deep, Becka described her driveway as a canyon. Ours has snowbanks so high we have to creep out onto the road, sneaking and peeking, trying to see before we plunge out into traffic. Last night when I drove home at
