Today’s St. Patrick’s Day, and you know what that means! The Leprechauns. They show up here, sneak in secretly, mess up a room, throw candy around, and leave a mean note. Kirsten asked me last night where this tradition started and why. It was in the 80s sometime, but I don’t remember. She said she […]
We’re still doing birthday. Here is James and his first cake, from his actual birthday-day. I tried to take a picture of him blowing out the candles, but he did it so dang fast, all I got was smoke and his hip. Durn kid. Look at Julia plugging her nose. This is the next day
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Okay, there’s a kid at our house with a birthday. James and Kirsten the morning he was born Thirteen years ago he was born in the middle of a snowy night. We caught him in the dark of our bedroom after a few hours of meandering labor. Suddenly he was born right NOW. AAAAGGHHHH. We
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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
James and Sam, June 2009 My doggie Spooner died just about two years ago. He and I started out his life with very much a love-hate relationship. My other dogs had died tragically in a fire at the boarding kennel where we’d left them, and so I took on Spooner at a bad time. I
