SWEET FREEDOM!!! We made it out of the driveway yesterday after naps. Actually, I had to wake the kids up from their naps because the first day we can leave the house, they keep snoozing. It figures. Our first stop: Kinko’s. Mission: print the Captain’s Christmas letter (and ours, while I’m at it) and get […]

First of all, thank You that we have electricity, an internet connection, and cable TV. For these things I truly am thankful. Thank You also that the woodpile is quite well stocked and that I have become fairly proficient in starting a fire… and keeping it going with the help of those Duraflame Firestarters. Who […]

The Webmaster gave the kids their new hats and mittens before leaving yesterday. The new hat and mittens really pleased the Munchkin, who immediately demanded to play outside. We did make it out there, and the Munchkin had a great time tromping through the unmarked snow. Tad, not so much. His mittens didn’t allow him […]

First off, we have SNOW. And I’m talking about the really good kind, the kind that you can make a really good snowman with. Hopefully it lasts until after breakfast, because the kids are just dying to get into it. Which leads into a moral dilemma… We bought new hat and mitten sets for each […]