Arwyn desperately wants to live in a winter wonderland, but she and I have very different opinions on what constitutes “wonderland.” I swear that we used to get a lot more snow, a lot earlier in the year when I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Herd of cats? Of course, I’ve heard of cats! And a group of them is called a clowder. A group of kids should be called “a chaos,” but that’s neither here nor there. The point is that they had fun[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The more things change, eh? Yeah, we were constantly telling them to spread the ornaments out and make sure that they did ALL the way around. They just wanted to decorate the side facing into the living room so they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They met the boy while they were playing with an exhibit that had a fan blowing up a big, three-foot diameter tube and some very thin fabric sheets that they could effectively launch out of the tube, then play catch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ah, she does have a way with words. It truly was a perfect term for them, so that’s probably going to stick with me for a long time. For reference, though, there was no banjo music, just the occasional piano. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The girls loved their costumes and had several people take pics of them, with our favourite request coming right after another, where a woman said “Oh, I want a picture of Little Tali!” Arwyn’s was a little less recognizable outside[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Of course, being Michigan, the temps took a nose-dive right before Halloween, so we were out walking in the cold and snow, but the girls kept warm simply by running up driveways. We had to keep telling them to slow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The pundits may disagree, but puns are the best kind of humour, and I will punish anyone who disagrees! There’ll be so much punitive damage that you’ll need to hold a pundraiser to pay for it! Yeah, I know… I’m[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back then (early 80s), my hair was short and I had apparently stuck my finger in a socket just prior to the photo in question, because damn, it was BAD. Also, Tim was thin, so you know it was a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Arwyn is of the immutable (and I say mistaken) opinion that pugs are the most adorable dog. Me? I have different ideas of what constitutes “cute,” I suppose, though they’re not bad so long as they’re not the bug-eyed type. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…