community property

Yesterday Sarah asked me where I got my Scooby Doo t-shirt. “It was a birthday gift. Why?” “I bet it would fit me.” “I would prefer you not ‘borrow’ my new shirt.” clearly not hearing a thing I said “I can’t wait to show it to Becca. She’s gonna love it.” So, this morning I […]

background noise

Doug works in the basement of our house, so I am comfortable with his mood music drifting up the stairs, intermingled with his incense vapors. Most frequently heard is Jimmy Buffet, Bob Marley or James Taylorish tunes. Yesterday I heard one of my old Carly Simon cd’s. I have no idea what kind of ‘Doug […]

weather woes

Rain and storms all day and night? Noooo. I had outside plans for the four 10-year-olds tonight. Thinking, thinking, thinking. . .

Sarah says

“Awesome.” I have asked her about her day every single day this school year and this is the first time her answer wasn’t “fine” or “boring”.

spy games

I need spy themed activities to keep 4 10-year-olds busy during a sleepover. How about wire-tapping the neighbors? Building and using pin-hole cameras? Steaming open the principal’s mail? Looking up their teacher’s financial statements online? No? How about jumping on the trampoline, a scavenger hunt and video games?

a + b = c

Today, Tommy passed his CPR test and is now certified to perform CPR. Today, my Mother realized that we have THREE birthday parties this week. My mother may need Tommy’s assistance. I would say that I will definitely need it to make it through the week, but I suspect that Tommy would just stand by […]