three sisters These are some of Kirsten’s pics from Memorial Day: a big girl a big girl fishing–this keeps her absorbed for hours a tired boat ride beautiful lydia james and bella bella is as fascinated by frisbee as sam is with fishing swimming Oh, how I love summer. love, Val
“A lot of things have happened to me this year, so I thought you might want to know what they are. Here’s my list: 1. I survived my first year of school ever! 2. I made a ton of friends. 3. I went to my first school dance. 4. I had whooping cough for like
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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
Yeah, they are. This weekend, Julia dragged me out to the very ancient, battered swing set at my in-laws. I stood in the sun in my black jacket, trying to stay warm. And she chattered and chattered and chippered, on and on and on. As she pushed the empty baby swing, she told me, “I
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oh yeah, this gorgeous guy. he eats pancakes now, plain. the kids were concerned he had no syrup. noooo. no syrup, or we’d still be wiping things. Okay, I don’t do movie reviews. I don’t actually like movies that much. Well, that’s not true. I like romantic comedies…and adventures with good endings. For example, I
Tonight before supper I took Maria out driving. She’s on her permit and needs the practice, and it was such a beautiful evening. Jay was painting windows on the second floor, so we had to take the little kids with us. It was a fine trip out. She didn’t run over anybody, crash the car,
come on summer Tonight I drove home after taking photos of a new listing, feeling pretty lucky. I’m working with the most pleasant clients right now. Every single one is agreeable, reasonable, funny, sane. It’s an absolute pleasure. This afternoon I did an open house for a couple who are so sweet. We’ve known each
Late this afternoon Jay and I were lying on our bed. He was trying to get up the ambition to go put in a new water heater for someone, and I was trying to coax him to take a nap first. (I know, I know, nothing gets done by sleeping.) Anyway, while sprawled out there,
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Maria reading with Sidney Oh my gosh. Tonight Kirsten came over to keep Maria company and hold down the fort while we were at Jay’s National Honor Society thing. Late in the evening, as the baths progressed, and Kirsten and I were dealing with the kids and the house winding down for the evening, Kari
