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Memories

Seesaw

Let’s see… the last two weeks have included a number of ups and downs:

Arrive in Portland for a fun weekend getaway (up!)
Oldest daughter immediately gets sick with a stomach virus (down!)
Daughter recovers so we visit old friends, eat out, and see the sights (up!)
Return to Seattle and get stuck in mammoth traffic jams (down!)
A new [...]

In Family, Fun, History, Humor, Memories, Parenting on 5 December 2007 with Comments Off

Happy fifth birthday!

Five years ago today Julia was born. This is how she looked then…

This is her one month ago…

Amazing. I love that little gal.

In Family, Memories, Milestones, Parenting, Photo on 7 May 2007 with Comments Off

5 Things About Me

Lee nudged me to participate in a recent blogging meme wherein I am to list 5 things about myself that most people are not likely to know. Given that my readers, all five of them, probably know me quite well makes this difficult, and considering one of those five is my mother I must choose [...]

In Blogging, Memories, meme on 22 December 2006 with 2 comments

Gush

Lets say you live in a house with hydronic heating. It’s 6am on the coldest morning of the year, just above 20 degrees F, and suddenly a strange sound fills the bedroom, waking you from a light slumber. Could it be ice sliding down the roof? No, it sounds too watery to be that. Could [...]

In Home, Memories on 28 November 2006 with Comments Off

Typing lessons

Lily: [At the computer] Where is the “C” key? Why don’t they put the letters in alphabetical order?
Me: Because it’s faster to type this way once you learn where the keys are.
Lily: Oh great. How will I ever learn that?
Me: In typing class.
Lily: Oh great. You mean I have to go to first grade, do [...]

In Family, Memories, Parenting on 29 September 2006 with 1 comment