I know that fall is technically two weeks away. Yet I find myself already caught up in the paraphernalia of autumn, ready to toss my summer petunias for some nice, hardy pots of mums. I like it when plants are labeled “hardy,” since to me that translates to “You can completely forget about watering or…
Last Thursday, Aura and I were upstairs in the home office, packing and preparing for our long-weekend trip to NYC. (Also known as Aura’s First Trip to Manhattan, also known as A NYC Visit Vastly Different from NYC Visits Mommy and Daddy Made Before Becoming a Mommy and a Daddy, also known as Oh How…
Two nights ago in Target, I was standing in line when I noticed a display of Deluxe Crackers–you know, those foil-covered things you pull to produce a cracking noise and confetti and other stuff you have to shortly thereafter sweep. Sucked in by the price sticker announcing said crackers were a Great Value at only $5.99, I…
Merry Christmas and happiest of holidays from our very blessed, very happy, kind-of-interfaith family to yours.
Hi! Hey! How are all of you? We’re doing better here, adjusting and healing and refraining from killing each other a solid 90% of the time. In particular, Aura has been a real trooper, exhibiting surprisingly massive amounts of patience while I help my mother get around. We had to change up the holiday plans…
I love Christmas. Or, if we’re being technical about it, I love the Christmas season. Christmas itself is like the sparkly royal icing on a really well-made sugar cookie. Or maybe it’s more like an extremely good piece of peppermint bark, since everyone knows deep in their heart that sugar cookies kind of suck. Now…