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Category Archives: The kids
~:: Back to the 4th ::~
I’m going to be moving backward in time here. Unevenly, too. Again, this blog is – at its heart – the journal I’m keeping of our lives. So I don’t want to miss things. I just wish I weren’t compelled … Continue reading
Posted in Family, friends, Fun Stuff, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Rachel, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged 4th of July, face painting, friends, party, summer
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~::gifts, prizes, surprises and delights ::~
Got a cold. Can’t bweathe. (insert cough here) This puts me even more behind in everything, including reading you, Dawn. And you, Cori. On the couch watching a smarmy movie—not for long, though; it’s really stupid and the synth score … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, Felt stuff, friends, Fun Stuff, Gin, HappyHappyHappy, Horses, Knit Stuff, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, The kids, The outside world
Tagged Bloom, burgler, Cam, Chelsea, chicks, deer, dogs, Donna, flowers, Gin, horses bread chick., knit hat, knitting, moon, robots, sweater, truck, vest, wool, wrinkles
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~:: Rest of the Springy Thing ::~
We have always kept a line between the candy eggs on Saturday and maybe real eggs on Sunday, though why dyed eggs, real or not, should count as appropriate on such a deeply significant holy day, I’m not sure I … Continue reading
~:: The Spring Thing ::~
Rewind: Easter Part 1 – Outside Chaz came home with a surprise for me—plush peeps. Even though these will NOT dry out and become a crusty delight, they are dang cute. And here we are: an ancient scene somewhat reduced. … Continue reading
~:: My Very Large House ::~
I have written about this before, the strange and expanding nature of my very large house. It starts with a cluster of not very large rooms. Like these two, with a boy standing on the seam between them. And like … Continue reading
~:: Never a Dull Moment ::~
I have this whole, insane load of craziness to record here. But Gin is coming, so I am dusting and washing and shaking out things in preparation for the visit of my lovely daughter and the boys. Just a head’s … Continue reading
~:: What Happened on Monday ::~
First, may I say that I am growing to hate capchas of any kind with a deep and abiding hatred? Well, I am. And the darned things are getting longer. Isn’t there another way? Counter-bots that follow the dang spammers … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, Gin, Journeys, Seasons, snow, The g-kids, The kids, The outside world, whining
Tagged blizzard, Chaz, Dad, driving, Gin, Kris, Murphy, Santa Fe, Teeth
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~:: Milestones 2012 ::~
Last weekend, this person and I jetted down to Santa Fe for a special occasion: the eighth birthday and subsequent baptism of our very first grandchild. I don’t think I ever really saw myself with grandchildren – not till they … Continue reading
~:: Anatomy of a Family Portrait ::~
When you start out as a family, a couple of grown-ups and maybe a baby, the concept of the “family portrait” is a pretty tame thing. You say, “Ready? SMILE!” and everybody does. They look right at the camera and … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, Gin, HappyHappyHappy, The g-kids, The kids, Visits
Tagged Andy, back yard, Cam, Chaz, Christmas picture, family, Laura, Lorri, Max, Murph, picture, Sand, Scoots
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~:: The Making of a Season ::~
To begin, we have an actual photographic depiction of Rachel, buying The Gardener, right here on my front porch. This is the equivalent of breaking a bottle of bubbly on the bow of a ship. Except dryer. (And here, may … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, dogs, Family, Felt stuff, friends, Fun Stuff, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Knit Stuff, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, Seasons, The kids
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