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Jigsaw puzzle?

Published on December 17, 2006

Paul is not fond of puzzles, and he gets stuck with this one every year.  Figuring out which branches go where!  We had a live tree in the house for years while the children were still home, but I was always shutting off the lights, afraid of the fire hazard.  Two years ago, we bought […]


Holiday preparation Update #2

Published on December 16, 2006

Damn, I’m old and tired.  What little Ho! Ho! Ho! I might have, left me when I was in the Dollar Store today, listening to people bitching, kids screaming and fighting and begging for toys NOW, standing in long lines at the grocery store.  I had to sit through 3 f&%#ing light changes to turn […]


Strange man, strange suit……

Published on December 13, 2006

and the fellas wanted no part of him.  Gifts be damned, they weren’t gonna suck up to this bearded weirdo. No way!! Of course, all was well until it was their turn.  They enjoyed the crowds and getting pushed about in their humonga-stroller.  They rolled along, stared at the crowds, at other kids walking along, […]