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Bad Snow Day

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

So yesterday, the phone rang at 5:20… AM.  I was not awake at that hour.  I have a ten-month-old who sleeps through the night, thank you very much. It was the school district, announcing via robo-call that schools were going to be closed due to snow on Wednesday.  Fair enough, I thought, once I saw […]



Shark Brinner

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

For those of you not in the know, “brinner” is the made up word for “breakfast for dinner.” This was our brinner last night: I call it “shark pancake over a ham-and-egg reef.” I was kind of proud of my freehand pancake art… until I showed it to Tad.  “What’s that?” he asked. Did you […]



The New Year’s Day Snow War

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

So, it snowed around here between Ane’s birthday and New Year’s Eve.  And this snow stuck around for quite a while, especially where we live – the magical Snohomish County convergence zone, for those of you with an idea of the geography of the Puget Sound area.  Ane and Tad got snow pants from Nana […]



Ten months with important announcements

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Hi everyone!  It’s me, Rerun!