The guys did go back to school last week. I contemplated making a run for it, but decided I’m not cut out for a life on the lam. So they went, and what do you know – it was really fun to see everyone again. Both kids have great teachers this year, and nice classes. …
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Impromptu
School starts tomorrow. Needless to say, I fully intend to take my summer receipt in for a refund, because we were so blatantly shortchanged. It wasn’t even subtle; once I make the final count I’m sure we’ll be at least 18 days shy and let’s not even talk about the weather. Looks like the recession’s …
Summertime
We’ve had a busy couple of weeks here. The cousins are all having a great time together and we’ve just run from day to day, trying to cram a year and a half apart into a few weeks’ visiting time. Not easy, folks, but we’re doing the best we can. We spent an overnight at …
Joan’s Revenge
Back in Needham a couple weeks ago, my cousin Eileen pulled me aside. “I have to tell you,” she murmured, “we have issues with your neighbor Joan.” It all came down to the ridiculously lovely birthday party Joan put together back in June for her daughter, in which she combined readily accessible decorative materials to …
Sunday
Don’t know if you could hear it from where you are, but our Australian family arrived on Friday morning, and it’s been a lot of noisy fun since they arrived. The first day we only had about two hours with everyone awake simultaneously; the rest of the afternoon the cousins did their best sleeping koala …