It was a short week and we’re back at the lake again. The Little Pool is warmer now and they had fun. Reading books on the kitchen floor: She refused to put on clothes or cooperate in any way. That’s all right. It’s warm in the house. She also fought her older sister, yelling and […]
There were kids here. They drew maps. We were entertained. One kid knows she lives in Blaine. Another kid wrote Rodihstal. He lives in Robbinsdale. We got this. Little Jay was here. He is entertaining. We went to the little pool: We also went to the mall in Maple Grove for a free Teddy Bear
There were little gifts in the morning after breakfast. Some goofing around in the yard, then tackled the tree that fell in the field, until Dan was knocked off the ladder and thank God does not seem to be particularly injured, a little dented, but nothing serious. Kind of terrifying. They were cautious, had a
So this morning I saw this baby squirting out dish soap onto the floor near the back door. I ran out to the kitchen to stop her–I mean, the dish soap? It was just sitting next to the sink, perfectly ordinary and boring–and found out that wasn’t the only puddle of dish soap on the
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The catalpa is blooming and we ate lunch at Maria’s picnic table. Ahhh, what a lovely day. Love, Grandma
We were not at the lake this weekend, had a fun graduation party yesterday. So we did a lot of work around home. The flower beds and foundation plantings were cleaned up and refreshed. The grill continues to go away. James hauled rubble for hours. I tossed it in the wheelbarrow along with him and
We called for a construction dumpster, and one arrived. This beast is going away. We tried to use it a few times back in 1988 or so, back when we bought the house, but it took a whole bag of charcoal on the grill and stayed hot for hours–not a good thing when there’s a
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We went shopping for flowers this morning, me and her. Before this though, I was dozing on the couch during Curious George. It was my favorite episode where Yellow Hat has poison ivy on his hands and has to give a presentation to scientists about how to use a special shovel. Well I’ve seen it
We went to the nursery for flowers today. That’s an overgrown puppy, surrounded by trash and chew toys. Oh look. There’s a fresh sprinkler wetting down the tomatoes. At that point my hands smelled like geraniums and tomatoes and the baby was just up from her nap. love, Val
