Can’t believe that this picture was taken a few days shy of two years ago. That bump in the middle is ALL Thumper.  And now… Here we were from Point Defiance last Monday, watching the seals swim underwater. He’s gotten so big, and it went way too fast.

I only FEEL like I was hit by a truck.  I really wasn’t. What really happened was a case of mastitis, which feels like a case of sudden-onset flu.  Fortunately, my doctor’s office was very kind and called in a prescription for antibiotics, and the Webmaster took a day off to take care of me […]

I try and I try and I try, but…. It’s really hard to get anything done with a Thumper who wants his Mommy. (This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago.  Yes, that laundry finally got folded and put away.)

The bottom line?  Ane hates math.  The other bottom line?  Her father and I don’t care that she hates it.  She still has to do it. But we do care about the fact that she is pretty much failing math in a big way.  And it didn’t seem to matter what we did.  She is […]