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Pray for us now, in the hour of our shopping

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Say a prayer for me. I am taking the kids, driving to Costco, and am going to be waiting there when it opens for the “regular” members. All this just to do my regular shopping – and pick up some things for my mom. All I’m taking to Thanksgiving dinner is my now-perennially requested Pear […]



You bite it, you buy it

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Tad is not allowed to watch Wallace & Gromit until further notice. He has developed an obsession with cheese. It has gotten to the point where he breaks into the fridge and brings me either the string cheese or the little snack cheeses that I’ve bought in the past… because he WANTS CHEESE. I picked […]



Clean Bill of Health

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

It has been a little over two months since Tad got his Spica cast off. Yesterday was our scheduled post-cast removal check-up. First off, NEVER AGAIN will I schedule an appointment for myself or one of the kids on a national holiday. The parking lot at Overlake (Tad’s appointment was at Children’s in Bellevue) was […]



Boot Boy

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Tad has a thing for puddles. As in, he does this thing where he walks straight into them and stamps his feet. He’s going through about two pairs of jeans a day. And his poor shoes can only take so much. However, he outgrew the boots that he loved so much last fall: So, it […]