Archive for the 'Family Stuff' Category



Better

Published on February 23, 2008

Our little A, who has been sick for days, is no longer just laying around like a dishrag.  He’s back to tackling his brother, throwing him to the floor and stealing his Lightening McQueen toy car, running off with his Froot Loops.  Sadly, this is a sign of great improvement in his health and that […]


Under the weather

Published on February 20, 2008

We have a sad one at home, under the weather.   An unusually bouncy fellow most of the time, today he is not.  This small Tigger has no bounce at all.   A virus-induced fever has him just laying around, holding his Tigger, glancing at the television.  He is not impressed by the snow falling outside.  He doesn’t […]


Getting ready for Spring?

Published on February 14, 2008

I’m ready for crocuses to come up across the front lawn, from the bulbs that the grandtwins helped me plant last fall.  Really, it hasn’t been that bad a winter.  Reasonably decent temperatures for most of it, but interspersed with absolutely bone-chilling short damn cold snaps that are just too much for an old woman to deal with first […]