Archive for March, 2009

thankful

I just dropped H off at day care. And it is so incredibly cool that I walk in, set him on the ground, he chats it up a bit with his buddy Finn for a moment and then dives into the toys. I set up his gear for the day and then give him a [...]

vacation count

The grandparents Blase left last night. And despite having to work most of the week we were able to enjoy ourselves a bit. Here is the official fun-count for last week: Country Clubs stayed at: 1 Times spent swimming: 2 Number of margaritas consumed: 3 Rounds of golf played: 6 Number of pedicures procured: 1 [...]

it’s monday

and I just spent the last to hours dealing with photos and videos – so that’s all you’re going to get: Listening: Cut Off Your Hands (on the SXSW list)

quality family time

In contrast to last week’s post featuring that pernicious feline we have a heart-warming story about a family that embraces the idea that those who eat together stay together. We decided about a month ago that it was time we started eating as a family. Which I resisted for a while because the boy eats [...]

we’re on vacation…sort of

As much as I intended, envisioned, hoped and planned for this week to be a vacation, it will not “officially” be one. Months ago I told Marc’s parents, who organized the lovely trip for us, that I wouldn’t bring my computer. I immediately rephrased that sentence to be more along the lines of: won’t bring [...]