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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Teacher Gifts
It’s that time of year – schools are wrapping up, and parents are wondering just what to wrap up for their children’s hard-working teachers. It’s always a dilemma. My cousin Maura and I usually end up emailing each other around now to brainstorm fresh ideas. (Now Maura, it should be noted, once gave their teachers …
Happy Fathers
Hope all you fathers had happy days yesterday! Dad, I hope you had a terrific time with everyone over – wish we could have been there. It sure sounded like a great afternoon. I think Tom’s day in general could have been better, seeing as he’s still sick, Honey’s still sick, and it was hard …
Too Late
Nearly every day, Hot Wheels runs the numbers. “How much money do we have? If we sell our house AND our Mazda 5, can we buy a Ferrari?” He questions. He plots. He ruminates. Nearly every day. So yesterday we’re strolling the neighborhood together and we pass a red convertible. “That’s a nice Miata,” he says, …
Hmpf
On this, the very first official day of summer in our house, both Tom and Honey appear to have come down with the flu. I believe it’s the flu because they’re both complaining about every single square inch of their bodies and they have the same miserable, crawl-under-the-porch look on their faces. I think it …
My Favorite Day of the Year
Goodbye school, helloooooooo summer! Let the games begin.
Countdown
THREE MORE DAYS!
Party Down
So every June we have a party for Tom’s birthday. He loves his birthday – well, any excuse to have a party, frankly. Plus it’s a perfect chance to have our friends over to catch up with Gini and Craig while they’re visiting. After a cold grey week, we were all pleasantly surprised to see …
Happy Birthday Dear Tom
What a fun day here. Gini and Craig came back from a road trip down to southern California, Tom got some awesome presents, we had dinner at a great Mexican restaurant up in San Anselmo. It was all good. In fact Hot Wheels wrapped it up nicely this morning when he said, “Today is …
Countdown
2.5 weeks till summer vacation.