We woke up yesterday to this. It doesn’t look all that bad, but the roads were awful. I had to show houses in this mess, got stuck in a driveway, ridiculous. And Little Jay was home for the weekend, and after the snowstorm, we lost power. So his fun weekend at home has included no […]
an almost ruined picture of Lydia from a few years back Little Jay is at the university now, and so today I decided to wash his sheets and clean up a little so when he comes home again it’ll be good. Well, when I was making the bed, I noticed a couple pop cans and
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I came across this picture tonight while I was cleaning the dining room. It’s someone jumping in the air at Green Lake, but it made me cry and I don’t know why. Back to your regularly scheduled lives. love, Val
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Yeah, he’s heading for college in the fall. He was born the week before I turned thirty, and we called him Baby Jay because he was our baby. Today we opened him a bank account, which was fun, but also another step into adulthood. He’s so sweet though. He’s organized and conscientious. I’m sure he’ll
The party was wonderful. Lots of Jay’s friends came, and our family was here, our friends. i told them to pretend they were having fun. look how much fun they’re having. There was no rain, and no obnoxious heat. The evening was overcast and mild. The crowd ate, talked, played basketball, eventually wandered up to
Yeah, me and a kid I don’t really deserve Sumi, Larry, and Jay Into the future… love, Mom
was tonight. Photos, thank you Kirsten. Here’s the band. Maria had to play tonight, and man was she mad. She was storming around here like a thundercloud. “So boring!” “So stupid!” “I hate this blouse!” I dunno. It’s just a plain white blouse, and she plays a very fine oboe. The band sounded lovely. Here
ah yes, the backyard, where we actually live Okay, we’ve got the whole place pulled together. All the dog poop has been picked up, and that’s no small thing. Wood chips have been spread to cover the dirt where grass won’t grow, again because of the dog. We have that little play yard fence for
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A lot of people use my camera besides just me, and often pictures turn up where I pause and wonder what is going on. Here are a few from the weekend. I don’t have answers. Good thing James has a haircut scheduled. Okay, that’s weird. I’m sure there’s a story there. And probably here too…
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Last night and tonight were Academic Awards night at the high school. It’s a special occasion and tonight I thought how we take it for granted now, and what IS that about? The first time was when John was a freshman. An invitation came in the mail and John told us we’d have to dress
