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The New Year’s Day Snow War

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

So, it snowed around here between Ane’s birthday and New Year’s Eve.  And this snow stuck around for quite a while, especially where we live – the magical Snohomish County convergence zone, for those of you with an idea of the geography of the Puget Sound area.  Ane and Tad got snow pants from Nana […]



Thanksgiving Snow

Friday, November 26th, 2010

We woke up Thursday morning to find an inch of snow had fallen – and a wet inch at that.  So, between that and other weather reports, the Webmaster and I decided it’d be better to stick around home this year.  We missed all of the family we didn’t get to see, though. So we […]



School’s Out for Snow Days

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

As soon as the kids were up, they were begging to go outside.  They had no idea how cold it really was, so I made them wait until nearly noon, when it was 27 degrees instead of 25. It was Rerun’s first time seeing what all this white stuff was.  When it flurried on Sunday, […]



Tad Speaks, and impending snow day

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

The holidays are fast upon us, and it hit me like a ton of bricks… Rerun doesn’t have a Christmas stocking made yet! Uh-oh… Now, all of our Christmas stockings are handmade by my mother and me (but mostly by my Mom), and have our names cross-stitched (by me) on the cuff of the stocking.  […]