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A Warm Doze

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

We had a pretty sharp cold snap last week, and we kept the house warmer than usual with the aid of our fireplace insert. The warmth and the ambience had a lulling effect late in the evening. Especially when your vacation is so full that you aren’t napping anymore.



Read Me A Story, Big Sister

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Ane put on a dramatic reading of some of Mo Willems’ classics for Thumper at bedtime this last week, which included ones that she loved when she was little, like Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! and the Elephant and Piggie books. So Thumper presented me with a Elephant and Piggie book on Sunday […]



Rerun, Patriot

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Rerun is a notoriously poor loser.  (Thanks, ADHD!)  He’s gotten a little better with age, camp, and the application of medication, but he is FIERCELY for his teams. The now-finished Winter Olympics was no exception. When the women’s hockey gold medal match between the United States and Canada was played, Rerun was absolutely glued to […]



Flashback Friday

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

Holy cow, can you believe that it’s been six years since I broke up with my gallbladder? Facebook even was so kind as to show me a picture that the Webmaster took on that day. Exciting times! While I like to think that I’ve recovered pretty completely over the course of time, there are days […]