We were planning to hop in the MomVan first thing tomorrow and high-tail it to northern Iowa to join Tom’s family for Christmas. Plans have changed. If you live in the great frozen north, you know that right now most …
If you’ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook, you know I’ve having a wee bit of a computer meltdown. Apparently, at some point, my computer downloaded the Complete History of the World Parts I-IXX without informing me. As of …
I think that I shall never see A watch that is uglier than thee. Two years ago Tom got a watch for Christmas from our sister in law. It was a generous gift, true heirloom quality…she was so excited and …
While I’m flitting about Chicago this week with my parents and the boys, Tom is working a music convention downtown. It’s actually a very well known music convention, so I’m not going to link to it here; I don’t want …
One of the best parts of my parents living where they do is we can walk to get to good ethnic restaurants. One of the worst parts of my parents living where they do is that we have to walk …
This is the first Santa picture with my boys. Yes, A is seven and J is four, and this is the first Santa picture. See, A had a bad Santa picture experience when he was about 20 months old. How …
And…we made it. Unfortunately, exhaustion last night caused me to pass out early, fully clothed and with glasses still on, thus preventing a post. My posting streak since November 1 has been broken, and I’m okay with that. Mostly. I …
Are you even allowed to purchase a pickup truck in a color other than red in Nebraska? I mean, if you walked into a dealership and wanted to see, say, a white or a blue pickup, would they even have …
T-minus 20 hours and counting. Today I start packing in earnest. (And go to a school meeting regarding the new second grade teacher. And drop Rosie at a friend’s house. And shovel off my desk. And and and…) Packing is …
