Tonight we were in the office, and Jay said, “I wonder if I put my lunch in the fridge here or upstairs? I can’t remember.” We looked, and there it was, safe on the shelf. But then we started laughing about other lunch stories… and I do love dumb stories… One night last winter, Jay […]
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at the lake was nicer than I’d even hoped. John and Dannell parked a trailer in the woods, a place where their family can go to escape the mayhem. This morning I sent Kari to tell them the pancakes were ready. She sprinted in her bare feet in the cold, across the rough lawn and
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dan and john with maria, james peeking in the back Last night we were on the patio and James and Maria spotted a big nail pounded in the siding up above the kitchen. It’s painted white, so it’s obviously been there a while. I told them John had done that back when he was in
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It’s his birthday, this awesome guy! Tomorrow is the most magnificent party, but today’s a great day. I called him on the phone and yelled, “It’s your birthday!” He said, “Yeah!” I said, “You’re four years old!” He paused, “How did YOU know?” Oh my. I said, “I remember when you were born. I held
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Okay, see this picture? In the background is a painting Heidi did for an art class at the university. It’s a self-portrait, but that’s probably obvious. Anyway, when she brought it home at the end of the semester, she said to take down the picture that’s usually over the fireplace and put up her painting
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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
Hey, this Toyota accelerator problem–I gotta tell you, this happened to Kirsten. She drove off in John’s brand new Toyota with t.c. in the back, taking the freeway across town. About twenty minutes after she left home, she called on her cell phone and said she was pressing down on the brakes with both feet
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Tomorrow is the extraction of Little Jay’s wisdom teeth. He’s brave, seems fairly unconcerned. The surgeon is good, and it’ll probably go quite well. But still. He had Invisalign to pull his teeth straight and close the gaps. Crowded teeth don’t worry me that much in kids, especially boys. Their gigantic adult teeth grow into
Okay, tonight… this is another DUMB story…. (it’s that round container, right in the front) As John and his family were preparing to leave, Big Jay mentioned to t.c. would he like to give Sam a dog treat? He held out the clear plastic container with the dog treats in it, and the child popped
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