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EDGAR DAY

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

In case you were curious, yes, it was a BIG DEAL when Edgar Martinez finally made it into the Hall of Fame.  At least in our house. According to Tad, when the news broke, I screamed so loudly that I gave him a “heart attack.”  He also told me, “Mom, you’re too excited.” No such […]



Flashback Friday

Friday, January 18th, 2019

Still no snow.  This has filled the boys with aggravation and concern.  Especially when they see their cousins in Canada getting snow.  (And subzero temperatures, but they tend to forget that part.) Some of these old snow pictures are awfully cute. Rerun was almost two, and it was so cold that he actually created a […]



Dagobah Is Near

Wednesday, January 16th, 2019

The boys and I were driving to Grandma and Gichan’s house a couple of weeks ago, and I was on the road that we colloquially call “Stephen’s Street” (because the Major’s good friend Stephen lived just one block over from our house, and this was the street he lived on), when we passed this large […]



Flashback Friday

Friday, January 11th, 2019

The boys are continuing to bug me about snow.  As if I can bring forth snow via my mom powers and BOOM, they wouldn’t have to go to school. All I can do is show them pictures of when there was snow.  This was 2010, when Rerun was the baby. Oh, for simpler days when […]