A plan was hatched to meet out at the university and have supper at the legendary Chinese buffet. When the kids heard what the dad and I were planning, they wanted to all come too. All you can eat? Okay. It was a lot of fun and Jay, I was so glad to be able to have supper with […]
Next were the bumper boats. As they stood in line the kids all said the same thing: We do not want to be soaking wet. Let’s just squirt each other’s boats, not actually drench each other. That sounded good. Well there were two young squirrels in the pool we didn’t even know, and they weren’t
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Twenty-one years of you–all 6′ 14″ of you–no that’s exaggerating. Sometimes it feels like you’re that tall though. You’ve always been a kid I felt like I sort of didn’t deserve–too conscientious, too kind, sweet, helpful, thoughtful, hardly ever had to be scolded even. You didn’t make messes, or smart off, or bicker much with
This guy and his brother came to be watched while the parents went out for dinner. It was good. That little dog in the middle has been here all week while her mother was in Florida living it up in the sun, hanging out with her grandparents. Okay, I included this pictures as evidence.
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This is one of those people. Maybe she did it all summer too, but mostly she was barefoot anyway, so we didn’t realize. She will not leave on shoes or socks. Before we leave to do errands we must search all around for the shoes and socks. Then between every stop in the car, we
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How I love you. It’s over one hundred degrees here today, and that doesn’t happen often, and no I don’t love that. It’s too hot. At work tonight, we were trying to count the damned narcotics and all at once I was dizzy and seeing sparkles around the edges and had to bail for a
Okay, this is the geezer’s little brother James in a truly great shirt. And here’s the geezer himself, lighting the birthday candles. This is the geezer’s big sister and little brother, happily smiling for a picture. He told us this on the patio: “I’t’s my birthday today.” “First I went to church.” “Then I came
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Here’s where I asked him how it is being twenty. He said, “Well, actually I’m not twenty for a day and a half, so I don’t know yet.” Here’s the lovely cake, decorated by young squirrels. Okay, Here are Maria and Heather, laughing at something inappropriate James said. No idea what it was, and that’s
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Here’s a cozy guy with Aunt Maria. He he is enjoying a fine nap in the swing. We all tiptoed around, and he slept for almost an hour. Julia asked Maria and me about something mysterious: “Those stick things–from real estate, could I have them?” We listened and asked questions and had NO IDEA what
It’s been a fine week, quiet. These flowers are left over from Thanksgiving. Here we have b.g. assisting Tim with some project. And some bored people braved the cold and hit the swings. It looks bright, but I think it was less than 30 degrees here. They’re trying to get the shoe back on him.
