As it turns out, things are looking up for me, too! Months ago, I was invited to join a group of friends (all fellow mothers from our elementary school) for a Tahoe overnight. One of my friends has a house up near Donner Lake, and I was lucky enough to go up this past weekend …
Category Archives: Holiday
Easter
We canceled our annual egg and beer hunt this Easter, due to rain and Tom’s impending 40th birthday party in a couple of months. (There are going to be two bouncy castles, people – we need to stay focused.) It ended up being a lovely, quiet, rainy day and we had a lovely brunch with …
Love
Love is Valentines on the fridge, and talking to Nana in the driveway Tulips from friends Treats from neighbors New lavendar A sunny day bike ride to the beach with best friends. Honey’s best friend gave her a valentine poem yesterday afternoon. The last line of the poem is: “We have power, that power is …
Friends and Food
I took a few photos of our refrigerator yesterday. I’m not normally compelled to document the major appliances in my life, but here’s a quick look at what came over me: We love all the holiday cards and photos that we get from our family and our friends, and they usually end up stuck all …
Random Holiday Notes
Christmas Eve gingerbread house construction at Sherri and Rik’s house There’s something about all those small bowls filled with twisted red vines, ruby red hots, sparkling sugar gumdrops… it’s a story, a fairy tale. We had such a beautiful Christmas Eve, warm and bright, with amazing friends. Holiday boats Every December, we make sure we …
Happy New Year!
Resolution #1: Stop ignoring blog. Holidays are the best and worst times to have a blog. They’re overflowing with all the kinds of activities I like most, which means I have plenty to talk about but no time in which to say it. We were a whirlwind of seasonal festivities. My lists had lists. Now …
Think Back
Well kids, it looks like we have some catching up to do. All the way back to Thanksgiving, if you can believe that. Do you remember Thanksgiving? I know it’s hard to think with all the carols of the bells ringing in your ears from every store you entered this week, but see what you …
Someone is Six
That’s right – there he is, with his ‘worker pajamas’ and birthday toast. He’s six. Crazy. (Let me add that I’m fully aware that toast looks pretty dodgy. It’s vegemite. He loves it – what can I say?) Never have I seen anyone relish a birthday like Hot Wheels. First there were the weeks of …
Something Wicked
Sorry to leave you all hanging there with the Halloween business. What happened with the fish? Was it finished? (Ouch. That was for you, Kevin.) Well yes. We made it. Of course I don’t have very good photos, but here they are: I messed up the proportions a bit in the back and made it a …
Something Fishy
This is the post in which we attempt to return to our usual programming. Honey was back at school today, although she called to have us bring her medicine at lunchtime. Hot Wheels stayed home but is feeling much better. Tom is starting to look sideways at me, which for once is actually a good …