that rip on her sleeve? caught it on the upstairs bathroom door hook. it happens. Okay, today we were hearing about a guy who is, well, okay, this isn’t nice…and we kind of had to pry to get at what’s the story. He’s described as a “douche.” (Umm. No comment on that adjective.) He CAN […]
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Oh my gosh. Tonight m.c. was here, along with t.c. and l.c. and they ran all over the house playing. John wanted to check out Heidi’s burned house, and he was on solo child care, and coming to the grandparents’ is a good outing. Plus he was delivering Little Jay home to us from college
Oh wow. Yeah. A short time ago, I was invited to a cat tea party. I have no idea what a cat tea party is. We’ve never owned a cat–Dan is allergic. Well. I was tired and feeling pissy and snitty (nothing to do with the kids) and went out to the family room, hoping
Not much to say, just a beautiful afternoon. They loved the animals and demonstrations, and complained the guy who ran the hayride told terrible jokes. I didn’t even know they knew what a terrible joke was, so I found that pretty funny. Oh well, a great day. love, Val
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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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This is some Barbie contraption we’ve had for years. It’s this flip thing and swatches of fabric. See how she’s putting it the fabric across there? Then flip the top down and voila. Other swatches make other outfits. This toy is not just used by the girls. The boys, even big teenage boys create outfits
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Okay, this is an actual question Kari asked me last night: “Would you love me if I had a purple unibrow?” ??? “Well, considering I loved when you when you had no teeth and pooped your pants? I’d say yes.” There was some laughing, and she said, “I’m working on growing a beard!” James: “Good
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thinking about those wind chimes We were out on the patio this afternoon, trying to keep our stunt baby safe while he did stunts. (Trying, anyway.) Lydia was there and the conversation veered off as it will when she’s involved. She was talking about at time she drank too much diet Coke when I was
Seriously, our life is so opposite of exciting, I know. This weekend I brought the sewing machine along to the lake and spent Saturday sewing curtains. The fabric has been in the closet for over a year. (Procrastination.) Anyway, yeah. Jay took the kids swimming, over to the sand bar on the island, bike riding,
It’s too hot today for anything, close to 100, humid as a jungle. We went to the pool again during the afternoon. It should be cooler tomorrow. After a while, I pitched a big lightweight plastic ball to them, and they took turns batting it with a kickboard. It’s a bit clunky, but still pretty
