Archive for December, 2007
Christmas
The good news: we weren’t up all night wrapping presents. (We had them done two days early this year!)
The bad news: we were up all night with a coughing, feverish baby. :(
Dave didn’t bring the kids over until almost 7 o’clock on Christmas Eve, and they hadn’t eaten dinner yet, so […]
Posted: December 25th, 2007 under Holiday, Family and friends, Kids, Us.
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A star is born
Christina’s been very much a mommy’s girl for several weeks. She’d give me a cute smile when she saw me in the morning, or after a work, but there wouldn’t be a twisting around to find me, or crying if she couldn’t get to me. Perfectly understandable, since she doesn’t spend nearly the […]
Posted: December 4th, 2007 under Baby milestones, Kids, Us.
Comments: 1
Not your father’s trash can
Two words I never thought I’d see regarding a trash can: “User’s Manual.”
We bought a stainless-steel, thirteen-gallon trash can at CostCo for $39 this morning. Screamin’ deal, considering its equivalent at Bed Bath & Beyond costs over $100. But the value didn’t stop there: This’n’s e-lec-tronic. It has buttons to open and […]
Posted: December 4th, 2007 under Life.
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Name that unregulated activity
We watched Amazing Grace last night, a film from this past spring on William Wilberforce. I was familiar with his name, knew he was a force for good in the eighteenth century, but couldn’t remember how. Being reminded of it, and the comment by the director (Michael Apted of the fascinating Up series […]
Posted: December 2nd, 2007 under Life, Politics.
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