Tonight was our 23rd of December family Christmas party. It did not disappoint. The usual characters, the usual noise, torn up wrapping paper, giddy kids were there. We had the usual shrimp and meatballs, cheesy potatoes, and salads by both Alicia and Jay, the little weenies and the gingerbread. There was a bottle of pinot […]
is what we’re having here, and we all needed it. I have to work a couple hours tonight, but that’s it for the whole entire day. Saturday and Sunday are each going to be twelve hours, plus showing houses in a snowstorm is not something I look forward to. But today, we’re soaking it up–the
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She wants no pictures of herself running by, which I understand. These guys were pretty happy about the playground. Later, supper and blankets sewn for a friend’s new baby. All in all it was a lovely day. love, Val
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We were talking about James and Monster Mash, and then the conversation shifted to the weirdness of Maria when she was small. She had that imaginary friend, Nina, which was pretty weird. But there also was the incident with the ham. Time to make sandwiches, no ham in the fridge. Where the hell is the
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This was Dan’s last year of homeschool, and he spent it making Malt O Meal and carrying Maria around, hanging out, watching Northern Exposure at noon. I enjoyed his company very much. Just like now, at 14, he was sarcastically astute, generally quite kind, and easy to be around. The last year they spent in
Today. And everyone teases her, “Sweet Sixteen and never been kissed.” (She’s had a marriage proposal, but never been kissed. Hunh?) Tonight Julia said, “Yes, you have too been kissed. Mom kisses you all the time.” Maria threw back her head and laughed. That’s not the kind of kissing we’re talking about. Sixteen years ago
in the brand new letter jacket! She’s pretty happy. Can you tell? She’s run cross country for a couple years now, and she does weight lifting. But the letter is for academics. She could kick our butts and also out run us, plus she’s smart I guess. Oh yeah, it makes me laugh. Happy you,
b.g. has never been upstairs before Maria took him up there today. He LOVED it up there. His eyes were huge, darting around at all the stuff to get into. I gotta get dooooowwwn! Let me at this Barbie house! I love this house! Oh yeah, he’s going to be a lot of help with
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Okay, today when we left for our trip to the little pool, Maria was busy baking friendship bread. Every ten days or so, she does this. I don’t know why. We are all glad she does it though. (She’s almost sixteen. She can use the oven when I’m gone. Plus Little Jay was home, and
Okay, yesterday in traffic Maria and I were on a hill, and the city skyline was perfectly framed with all these wild storm clouds. Well, the stop light changed as she fiddled with the camera, and I had to drive down the hill, and this is all we got. I don’t blame her. It was
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