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Our First New Couch

Monday, September 7th, 2020

In 20 years of marriage, the Webmaster and I have never bought a new couch.  Our first one was bought secondhand from someone my mother knew, who was downsizing a room.  Our second couch came from my aunt and uncle when they replaced their living room set.  Our third couch (which we needed to replace) […]



What Online School Looks Like

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

It looks like time on the laptops/Chromebooks.  A lot of it. Rerun decided to move to the couch to get away from Tad. Ane is holed up in her room, using my old desk. And Thumper now has at-home ABA sessions again!  While the weather is good, they will be outside in what I am […]



First Day Of Virtual School

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020

Welcome to the new school year, which is not full of bus rides and meeting new teachers and all that.  The kids are sitting at home, on laptops, on Zoom. This is so weird. But, I did take the traditional first day of school pictures, even if they didn’t go anywhere. Ane, 11th grade: Tad, […]



Flashback Friday

Friday, August 28th, 2020

We bought the Honda Odyssey in June 2006.  I went digging through my files and found the pictures from the day we bought it.  The first real drive we took with it was just a couple of days later, when we drove over to Fort Casey (via the ferry to Whidbey Island) with Ane and […]