Today is a quiet day around here. My mind is filled with things I need to do to prep for Tad’s party, but I’m thinking that I’ll go shopping tomorrow – or maybe even start tonight, without the kids, after the Webmaster comes home – and start de-cluttering around here and doing some extra cleaning […]

We are mere days away from Tad’s second birthday, and he has made a HUGE discovery about himself in the last couple of months. He knows he is a boy. Well, no kidding, you may say. Of course he’s a boy! He loves dirt, sticks, rocks, buckets and anything with wheels. These all proclaim boyness. […]

I don’t know why, but it’s taking me a little more effort to get into the swing of things today. And it’s not like I sat in the sun with a glass of lemonade all weekend, either. I did a lot of work that needed attending to, along with the fun things we squeezed in. […]

Yes, the transformer boom (and it was a LOUD boom) was caused by a squirrel. Apparently this squirrel-with-a-death-wish sparked off one transformer, electrocuted himself, and shorted out the transformer down the cul-de-sac. The PUD had to fix both transformers. The barbecued body of the squirrel lay on the ground next to the first transformer’s utility […]