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snow day(s)

Having lived here for almost 10 years, I’m kind of become immune to weather forecasts because this a wanna-be kind of weather town.  Wanna-be in that the weather forecasters WISH we would get huge snowstorms and hurricanes and they love it when we get floods and heat waves because it’s really pretty nice here most [...]

my favorite holiday

My favorite holiday – Halloween.  When I was little we went to the same pumpkin farm every year that served fresh pressed cider, hot doughnuts, and fresh candy apples along with your pumpkin.  I think even then I still loved Halloween more than any other holiday, except possibly my birthday which is a few days later.
This year [...]

waiting. coughing. sneezing.

With all the talk of flu this and flu that paranoia, I think I’ve become a little jaded to the discussion.  News programs tell me I should fear the flu, but really I think we’re overstating it, just like shark attacks a few summers ago.  I didn’t really care, until I got a phone call from daycare [...]

a kidlet update: alex

Once the lone star of this (sadly neglected) blog, the last year has been a huge adjustment for Alex.  At first, when Emily Kate didn’t do much he was fine, even thrilled, with her presence.  But as she started to grow more active and more personable, to the point that she was taking not only attention but [...]