I love alliteration. Another windstorm came into the area on Friday night. While this didn’t equal last month’s storm by a long shot, there were plenty of warnings about trees weakened by the previous storm now being at risk for toppling. Sadly, this proved true for our next-door neighbors. They had a tree crack in […]

Why does my local Costco not open until 11 am on weekdays? I mean, crap. There went my brilliant plan to drop off photos to be printed and reprinted before my trip into Seattle with Obachan to hit up Uwajimaya for the New Year’s fixin’s this morning. Now I’ll have to drop them off after […]

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 […]

There ought to be a law against celebrating Christmas early. Belle and her Mommy are arriving next Monday (that’s my baby niece and my sister-in-law, for those who don’t know), and I spent part of last evening hauling Christmas presents out of my closet and jump-starting the wrapping. I think I’m done with Belle, but […]