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You know what I hate about loaning out my van? We have the 12 seater passenger van, the Millennium Falcon, which we purchased a few kids ago as we were outgrowing the minivan and could fit the kids we had but none of their friends. Add to that the fact we were staring down the…
As with I think every year since I started blogging, here is my post with costumes and carved pumpkins. Your enjoyment is probably directly proportional to the familiarity you have with my family.
I got an email today that reminded me that November is National Blog Post Month. I had completely forgotten about this… event (?) … semi-organized internet thing (if it is even a thing any more). My friend Nancy, who writes a heck of a lot better than I can, who updates her blog with much greater regularity…
After Cub Scout resident camp there was a bit of activity in the month of July before we went on vacation to Victoria, B.C. (which will be another blog post coming soon, I promise). One of the things that happened in July was Déla attending a feis, and there are no good pictures from that,…
What the heck is going on? Am I even around to keep this blog updated? Yesterday I woke up early and went to my spin class. Actually, it went really well. For the first time since July I felt like I participated in the class the way I should be. At Cub Scout camp in July…
Last week at spin class the instructor, among other songs, one by Paula Abdul. I had kind of forgotten about her. When she came out with her first single in 1988 nobody, not even me, paid much attention. It wasn’t until “Straight Up” (the song at spin class) that her popularity increased, and greatly. A…
After getting dropped by Warner Brothers, Devo then would sign with Enigma, a much smaller record label, which at the time was focusing on alternative and punk music (though it didn’t limit itself to those genres). Devo was one of the bigger acts in the label’s catalog, which should have been good all around, but…
This was the last year that Ciáran would be going to Cub Scout resident camp, and the week we went also happened to include his birthday. Oh, we made sure it was memorable. As you might expect, one of the first stops as soon as possible was the climbing wall. And that is Xavier climbing…
So much happened over the last few months, we were so busy I didn’t have much time to work on this blog as you can tell from the lack of posts. Let me catch you up on some of the highlights since June. You might remember the last post just before my unplanned hiatus included, among…
The first day of school happened a few weeks ago, I know I am late in getting these posted. Let’s kick off with August, who started school first. Here he his on his way to 9th grade. The next day was the first day for most of the other kids, Xavier started 2nd grade, Ciáran…