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In the 10 minutes between when I grabbed the two pumpkin bag/baskets for candy and put them in the bag I was packing for this evening (only 2 were needed, because Noelle was carrying hers around the house) and when we were all safely belted into the car and on our way, one of the […]

As we are walking back into the house this evening after gymnastics, I dropped my keys. Its dark in the back, because the back light doesn’t work — I think its electrical, as I have changed the bulb. No problem, I send the kids in through the doggy door to open up the […]

It has been a long, long week and, no, I don’t have a plan for tomorrow.  Maybe some laundry.  Maybe some cleaning.  Maybe the park.  Maybe we’ll carve pumpkins.  Maybe we’ll just sit around in our pajamas and watch TV all day.  Maybe we’ll get so far as to buy a caulk gun and caulk […]

That’s Nicky’s temperature at the moment.  I think it is related to the flu shot he got on Saturday, at any rate the timing seems coincidental.  The fever started about mid-morning yesterday and the little flu shot handout says that if a child is going to have a reaction it’ll happen shortly after receiving the […]

I used to travel into NYC 3 times a week - this was before kids (indeed I remember having a conversation with my boss about the whole working in NYC thing while I was waiting for Noelle). I had that patter down — I had to leave the house only 20 minutes befor the […]