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My Exciting Holiday Weekend

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Here’s a sampling of what we do on three-day weekends (ones the Webmaster actually has off): – laundry – clean up yard – prune hydrangea bush – hold stamp camp at Friend’s house – church on Sunday – get Ane’s bangs trimmed – grocery shopping – more laundry – dishes, dishes, dishes – chase the […]



Snow Day!

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Again! Ane was deeply disappointed that school was cancelled yesterday (and it most likely will be again today, and I’m not sure we’ll be getting out at all – it depends on the roads). But we did manage to get outside and have a bit of fun in about 5 to 6 inches of fresh […]



Water, water everywhere

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

So, first we had snow over the weekend. Then we had torrential rain. Then we made national news with the flooding around here. Right now, the big story is the flooding that has shut down I-5 not too far off from the Webmaster’s parents. We are okay, but driving around here has been especially nervewracking […]



Our power-less adventure

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Yesterday, a wind storm swept through the Puget Sound region. It didn’t hit around here until early evening – our power went out at 5 pm. The kids were watching “Curious George” off the DVR and were in the middle of an episode when – poof! – no power. Yeah, you can imagine how that […]