I abandoned this post when I started getting a vicious cold, but I’ll finish it now.
The best Christmas gift: some time off!
Apart from that, however, I have been quite spoiled with my Christmas gifts this year. Here, a partial list of great gifts for someone who really does not need anything else:
An i-Pod dock/stereo
This goes [...]
We have had such a wonderful Christmas. It has been a busy, happy, sociable fall, and we had a very nice time just being the four of us, going nowhere today.
It has been very cold and snowy, so much so that we headed out in a snowstorm to get our tree, knowing that after that [...]
While in Memphis, we had plenty of time to try out Papa’s Wii, as seen here. These photos crack me up, and will amuse family, so those of you who actually like to read my writing will just have to wait for another day.
Oh but wait, aren’t the sisters cute when they aren’t saying “You’re [...]
I never got around to posting this, so I will now.
We’ve been away, but we’re returning this weekend, ready to wind down to the end of the year. Which won’t feel like winding down at all.
Mostly in Memphis Eggmaster and I have been working while the kids play — we have not had many local [...]
1. Radical Knitting
Recently seen on the Colbert Report
2. Shoe, other foot
Recently at while playing with friends my daughters were listening to kids complain about how “school sucks” and they responded, naturally, that “you should convince your mom to homeschool you.” Yeah, that goes over big in crowds! We later had a little chat about how [...]
It has been a crazy fall.
First, the illness. The ongoing illness. Mine, mostly, but Victoria has had several bouts of weird short viruses, including, very sadly, on Thanksgiving day. She was napping upstairs when dinner started, then woke up and loudly began to cry. When I went upstairs she said, “I’m so lonely!”
B, the guests. [...]
The more I try to explain it, the less cool it will be. But dig my little drummer girl!
I’m watching the girls watch Santa arrive at the Macy’s parade. All my side dishes are in the fridge, my turkey is in the oven, my friends are coming in a few hours, and my husband is downstairs laughing with his old college friend.
I am thankful for everything today. My most grateful moment of every [...]
We are all still here, busy and tired, but still plugging along. Some random notes:
Time Warp:
An old friend from grad school days came to visit for a long weekend. As I told her on the way to the airport, it was a double time warp. The time blew by, with morning turning to noon turning [...]
