August 26th, 2007 Dan and I went out for a rare evening alone the other night. We had a great dinner with great, uninterrupted conversation, and then went to see The Bourne Ultimatum. I really like these Bourne movies, what with their not-too-over-the-top action scenes and their tough and yet vulnerable main character. And I would be happy to give you all an in-depth, heart-felt review of this latest installment, if I had
Continue reading >>
August 24th, 2007 Sunday Coffee Cake from the always fabulous Fannie Farmer Baking Book.
August 24th, 2007 who emailed wanting to know exactly what that was on Stephen’s birthday cake. It’s a crocodile. For any parents out there who might be afraid to let kids choose their birthday cake themes for fear of being unable to produce its likeness in frosting, I say fear not. You can do this.
1.Do a Google image search for “crocodile comic” or “crocodile cartoon” which will find simplistic renditions of your
Continue reading >>
August 24th, 2007 Gabby: I’ll go get some toys for Danny and I.
Me: (correcting) For Danny and me.
Gabby: Uh, okaaaaay. What kind do you want?
August 23rd, 2007 So Dan and the boys are planning a Survivorman camping trip where they will light their own fires and catch their own food. Very caveman, very glad-I’m-not-invited.
This morning Eamon has been practicing his fire techniques with a bow-drill. In the living room. He’s been rubbing furiously at a piece of wood for quite some time now. I wonder what it says about me that I have not yet panicked.
Continue reading >>
August 23rd, 2007 A certain anonymous boy child in our house had a cherry vanilla ice cream cone last evening. And this certain anonymous boy child was unhappy. Because his sister, he believed, had all the biggest and the best cherry bits in her cone. He picked at his cone and pouted.
“You are eating an ice cream cone!” I found myself saying (I am being kind to myself here. It was a
Continue reading >>
August 22nd, 2007 So many of you emailed me this link to an eBay auction, I figured I had to check it out. Haven’t I been telling you this all along? Maintaining a sense of humor always pays off in the end.
|
|