1. Admission of Guilt. Mom gave me a dozen eggs lovingly laid by her chickens yesterday at lunch. Ali was thrilled. Nothing is better than Gramamma’s eggs. Err, Gramamma’s CHICKEN’S eggs, that is. Anyway. We were getting out of the car, and…. Yes. It fell. All of them, in their multi-colored beauty. Smashed. In the […]
The Euphoria of Being Oneself.
I have been in a constant state of bliss over the past couple of days, simply because I feel like MYSELF again. It’s amazing how thankful it can make you to simply feel “normal” again when you suddenly and quite dramatically don’t feel normal for a few days. (Which definitely proves the point that sometimes […]
Tube Dating
Chris and I had a “date day” Saturday – Ali went to Gramamma’s early in the morning and spent the night, so we had all day to spend together. Ali, of course, was absolutely thrilled to spend the day and night with Gramamma, but for the first time in her life, she was quite curious […]
…and Here’s the Rest of the Story.
In general, I am against writing posts about trips after the trip is over – it seems rather anticlimactic to write. So I either write it when I’m there or not at all. However, since there was so much other excitement going on this week besides our quick weekend jaunt to the beach (i.e. Baby […]
Tessa Vu
Ali and I excitedly went to the hospital today to meet her new baby cousin, Tessa Kate! This is the second time in under 2 months that we have sat in that very same waiting room in anticipation of a Tessa being born, of course. So Ali knew the drill and was ready to meet […]
Snowmen, Skinny Jeans, and Storms.
Ali, of course, was overly thrilled to use her mad card-making skills to make Daddy a Birthday Card: However, the first thing she said when I told her we needed to make Daddy a birthday card was, “Yes! I want to put a snowman on it!!!” – so the back (or rather, front according to […]
Brave, Brave Sir Chris
Today is Chris’ Birthday!! But instead of subjecting you to an ooey gooey Birthday post (I’ll save that for the card), I’m going to tell you a story. Because, you see, not only is this his 33rd birthday, but it is also the 10th anniversary of when we started dating. And the fact that we […]
How To Spend a Non-Holiday Holiday.
Being that Independence Day is on Saturday, us, along with most of the rest of the (lucky) world also had Friday as a holiday. Which is the best sort of holiday: a holiday with absolutely no strings, plans, or anything else attached. So we started out by going back to Spring Valley Beach, and took […]
Jumping Into The Future
We have been discussing whether to get a trampoline or a swingset for a while now. We finally decided on a trampoline because: a) Ali really seems to love all things gymnastics. b) We can play with swingsets at any park. c) It was surprisingly much cheaper that a swingset. d) Chris had one growing […]
Magic.
I remember being very young. . . still small enough to ride in the seat on the back of my Mom’s bicycle. We would ride, along with my older brother on his own bike, a few blocks from our house to Marsh’s Bakery. We would go inside and stare in amazement and delight at all […]