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Last night, I gave my mother her Christmas gift. A new Dyson Animal. Anyone that has pets should have this vacuum. Actually, we already have one. But it is several years old and a pain to lug up and down the stairs. So the… Continue Reading “Christmas Day 2009, II”
Yesterday, their parents were headed downtown to see a show, so we had Alex and Ainslie. Alex played some good Wii and watched some good football and pet the dog all by himself. This is most of what I saw of Ainslie: She moves… Continue Reading “A Day with Alex and Ainslie”
Scene: My mother was in the laundry room. I heard the sound of Kiwi the Grey flying in to see her. She lands on the dryer. Kay: Kiwi! You couldn’t just wait on your perch for one minute?! Kiwi: (opens a pine nut) Kay: Kiwi! … Continue Reading “Overheard in My House: Conversation Between Kay and Kiwi”
My brother, Scott, is a web guy. He builds web sites for a living. But he doesn’t like blogs and has a particular disdain for Facebook. A favorite story: Scott keeps in touch with some people that he worked with at the Herald. They… Continue Reading “Poor Kid”
Scott and I took Alex to Oriole Springs to pick apples. Alex has been there before, but was too young to remember. He declared the place “cool” and went to work. I suggested that he twist the apple before pulling and after that started… Continue Reading “Apple Picking with Alex”
For three and a half days. Want to know what I did? Played Wii TennisRead a bookDid my homework So. Exactly what I would have done if I hadn’t had the house to myself. Except that I was also responsible for giving the dog… Continue Reading “I Had the House to Myself”
The last leg of the Great Mold Removal of 2009 begins tomorrow. We are gutting the Master Bathroom, which was to be the Summer House Project before we found the mold, anyway. The other projects were painting the exterior and Taming the Jungle (the… Continue Reading “Here We Go Again”
I was having dinner last night with my nephew, Alex, aged 4 1/2. My brother, Scott, was waiting for his wife so they could leave for dinner: Scott: Alex, tell Aunt Anne what we did today.Alex: We went to see the Barrington Broncos practice… Continue Reading “Conversations with Alex”
I spent the night with Alex and Ainslie while their parents were out. We told Alex that the next morning he would get to go on a “special trip” with Aunt Anne. He was so jazzed that he didn’t want to eat breakfast. I… Continue Reading “Adventures with Alex”
Yesterday, in a fit of tantrum over how much exercise I’m not getting, I went to Best Buy and picked up a Wii and a Wii Fit. Then I went to the new burger place to pick up dinner. After dinner, I brought the… Continue Reading “The Wii”
The Next Dark Age 