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Countdown Is On

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

The kids have only a few more days at home before they go back to school. But it’s not like I’m counting down the days or anything. And spring training games start this week! We are slowly emerging from the cycle of winter. Some of us will take more convincing than others to emerge.  And […]



At Least We Can Leave The House

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

Day 2 of Mid-winter break. We can leave the house, thankfully.  Ane is babysitting over the next few days and making some $$$ right now.  More than her mother, anyway.  I should charge her for gas. The boys are busy trying to con me into as much Xbox time as possible. Fortunately, we have something […]



Someone Loves The Snow The Most

Monday, February 18th, 2019

Thumper fully believed that his new reality was cookies and iPad. All the time. He was sort of shocked when a therapist showed up to actually work with him on Friday. But that didn’t stop him from suiting up – and informing us of what he wanted. “Go outside?” “Sled.” This is happiness. For him. […]



Flashback Friday

Friday, February 15th, 2019

And that’s it.  No school at all this week.  No school next week, thanks to midwinter break. All this “family togetherness” might kill us. Oh, for warm beaches and sunshine… It’s a little too late to plan to spend next week in Hawaii, right?