Lunch on the patio in warm air and sunshine–look even bare arms, no jackets. And some local urchins biking around the park: Oh, wait. I know them. This little girl is having the time of her life. This one is already finding it a little overheated. That whole massive winter coat is going to shed […]
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“Smile for your Gramma!” Yeah. And then after lunch when I tried to catch a few zzzs, she poked me in the face and took away my covers. I said, “Be nice to your Grandma. Let’s hug and snug and be nice together.” She said, “no.” Well, then. Then she ate Lucky Charms and burped
Mooooom! Make it stop! Oh, Good Lor-ED. Longest winter EVER. This picture taken at 11:30 pm. love always, Val
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When we came home, I saw the weight of the snow on bushes and trees all along the block. Then I saw that branch on our own tree. I wonder what that load of snow weighs? The kids went outside and built two more snowmen. Snow women, I guess. Actually, they told me the big
It’s doing it again. Again. We can’t seem to get out of this winter. See that happy face. I was asking her if she wanted to go over any math. It is pretty obvious she does not. That’s fine. Tomorrow works too. Or Saturday. Whatever. The kids are outside trying to
I went to gather the stuff to wrap my mom’s birthday present, then came back to the room. Yep, that’s the scotch tape, and those are Fruity Pebbles stuck to her nose. I have another roll of tape, so it’s all good. When John and Dan were little I used to often think, “When I
Last Thursday Alicia texted me at like 9:30 at night wondering if we wanted to go to the pool in the morning. Ugh. It felt almost like, “Feel like having a root canal?” I thought for a minute about that and the reasons I didn’t want to were 100% don’t want to be: 1. cold
Like that? Dang kids fooling around, made a hole in the bathroom wall. Most of the walls in this house are plaster and hard as cement. But this family room was added on in 2003, so that part of the house has sheet rock. Tim said, “Yeah, it’s like there was a soft spot in
That’s why I have to remind myself I’m lucky. This little bulb garden has it right. But this picture below is from lunch time today. Lunch time! Does that look like noon? No, it looks horrible! And I’m sick of myself and everyone complaining about the weather as much as sick of the weather itself.
