So, I have been calling on the phone since JUNE, leaving messages and so forth about where Julia’s track pictures are. I paid. They’re bought. Where are they? (Tim refused photos.) Finally, this week the athletic department staff is back on duty and the photos were coughed up. They did not disappoint. That’s Julia and […]
It’s his birthday today! Twenty-one! He’s been staying with us this summer, and it’s been a lot of fun. The kids were excited about his birthday. We had cake again late in the evening, plus butter pecan ice cream. You’re a good sport, Aaron. Thanks for the all these years of friendship and fun. I
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This week we went to her house because our house was all torn up with the family room floor being put down. The floor sander was loud and the varnish a bit stinky. So we did this instead. It was a pretty fun week. Here we’ve got the Barbie camper and Barbies outside. My Barbies
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These are pictures from the family room. This is a busy, heavily used room, full of toys. Well, not today. We added this family room onto the side of the house in 2003. There was a little room off the dining room before, and we called it the school room, and spent more time in
I work from home all the time, but haven’t worked from the cabin for real before. But last week I did, and it was lovely sitting in Kirsten’s office upstairs, breeze from the window, awesome view. When I saw the whole gang enjoying a meal, ran over to eat some chips and dip before getting
She was dared to do this. I guess twenty dollars was involved, which kind of makes me laugh. She has little need for money. She’s thirteen. We pay her bills. But John held her up by the life jacket, and the others hung around and gave suggestions while they waited for the boat to idle
We were going to go to the splash pad, but not in the pouring rain. We felt sorry for ourselves for a little while, but then decided to make the best of the day and headed over to the children’s event at the mall. It was decorate a patriotic visor and face painting. Good enough.
It was a beautiful, hot weekend at the lake. This big, flat cushion was very cool. It was enjoyed all weekend. Tubing. Dan said it, late Saturday night: “Tubing is work.” Yes. You have to show up, act enthused, get on the tube, endure, and so on. Over and over and over and over a
These sculptures were about trash in the ocean. These zebras, so pretty strolling around in the shade. Then the zebra proceeded to empty her bladder. It was like being right in my grandma and grandpa’s barn. Wow. Then a male zebra came over and minutely sniffed the urine. This went on and on. p.j. could
This past weekend it was brought to the shore and tossed into the lake. The grandkids are at the perfect age for it. These two took it out for a ride. The usual dispute followed–who is actually pedaling and who is not. It’s a tiny turning radius and quickly muscles start to burn. So much
