There was family – and it was fun. There were so many people crammed around the dining room table at Great-Grandma’s that Belle and Ane got their own little table in the corner to share. The food was delicious and plentiful, but some of us decided to hit the bottle instead. And for some of […]

The cousins are here! The cousins are here! Oh, and they brought Uncle Captain and Aunt Q-Bee, too. The last few days have seen us here from the Corner getting reacquainted with Belle, and meeting Berry and Beth for the first time. Because the last time that both the Captain and Q-Bee were here, she […]

The kids are now out of school until after the Thanksgiving holiday. God help me. I worked up a Christmas card list and began making cards. God help me. Rerun got the hiccups for the first time last night while I was suffering through lousy customer service at Wal-Mart. God help me. (I loathe our […]

Auntie watched the kids for us (with lots of backup help from Grandma) on Saturday evening while the Webmaster and I went out to a very very very belated birthday dinner for me at one of our favorite grown-up places to eat. We didn’t have a reservation, but since it was just the two of […]