Tag Archives: general life stuff
Sometimes even end-of-February snow is pretty
I’m not a fan of snow. It does cover up the dead landscape, but it is hard to truck the kids around in, tracks snow and general dampness into the family room, and is a general pain in the ass. … Continue reading
An embarrassment of riches
Our television is dying what seems to be a slow and painful death. A couple of weeks ago, it started taking longer to turn on in the morning. As the TV-plague progresses, it causes the picture to blink on and … Continue reading
Yeeee-uck
Last Friday we got 6 inches of snow. The kids and Daddy built a snowman. Now it is three days later, we’ve got rain and fog. And slush everywhere. Blech. And our poor snowman is shrinking. At least we have … Continue reading
Early morning.
The boy woke up at 4:30 this morning. He needed a “guy” to snuggle with. He wanted his Rudolph, so I trudged downstairs, located the red-nosed reindeer and delivered him. By the time I got there, Señor Wakeypants was already … Continue reading
What a weekend!
Urg. I feel like I’m becoming one of those complainery hypochondriacs these days. Really, we’re not normally sickly people- I swear! But last weekend, Casa de Deplume became virus central once again. Friday night, the girl came down with the … Continue reading
Year-end reflections, 2007
The blogstalking assignment (yes, I know I’ve ignored 6 weeks of this, but I’m hopping back on the bandwagon again here) for this week is to do a reflection on 2007, and maybe a resolution or goal for 2008. Well, … Continue reading
The strangest squirrel encounter ever
I’ve been putting off writing this entry, as I’m pretty sure that words won’t do it justice. But I have to try. The other day, I told the kids to go outside. It was a beautiful day. I didn’t feel … Continue reading
My boy is now officially three
He was actually three at 4:37 am on Thursday, but the party wasn’t until last night, and I’ve adopted the policy that you cannot get older without candles and a cake. And last night we partook in a Spider Man … Continue reading
Quick update
Sorry for the long absence, avid reader. (I didn’t bother putting the ‘s’ on there, as I’m not sure I have even one regular reader here, judging from the number of comments I get.) We were on vacation in the … Continue reading
Gah! I’m a blog slacker.
I’ve been missing again, I know. But I have been neither knitting nor working on the house much the last couple of weeks. I hope that once summer winds down I’ll find more time for my projects, and their blog. … Continue reading