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I stopped collecting concert ticket stubs a long time ago. A couple of my autographed ones have long since vanished, unfortunately, and with e-tickets and such, the importance of them have diminished. As such I have gone through and discarded most, if not all of them (though I am sure there is yet another stack…
What a year it has been. You’ve had a rough year of it. Turning 21 is supposed to be a milestone, a sort of arbitrary signalling of full adulthood. Boy did that not work out. Let’s not get too much into the whole “college” issue. Having to move out and find your own place as…
*WHACK* “Xavier is crying.” That may not be what she said but that’s what I heard. As I woke up (after being hit) I realized our youngest child was in our room and not doing so great. It was a little before 1am. Turns out he was scared. Of what I don’t even think he…
Saturday was my daughter’s first competition in Irish Step Dance – a competition known as a Feis (pronounced ‘fesh’). Here she is a little before her first event getting the feel for the stage with one of her classmates. . Her first event was a reel. Then it was on to a jig (and I’ll…
I don’t have time to do the write-up of the Music Monday post I had planned. Actually I’m sort of swamped with a lot of “real life” things that are preventing me from spending as much time in front of the computer as I would like. One thing that hasn’t changed is my love of…
A week ago I mentioned the kids had a long weekend the week previous and Friday we went to the Aquarium. I alluded to other events that would take place the Monday of the long weekend and here are those pictures. Here is August before: and here is August after: Yes, he got his braces…
So I’m watching The Pirate Fairy (for review) and working on some other stuff when my oldest (21 years old) comes up from his hidey-hole in the basement. He asks what I’m watching and I tell him it’s the latest Tinker Bell movie and he scoffs. His reaction was “So you’re stuck pretty much reviewing…
Happy Opening Day! Baseball season is here and fans everywhere are celebrating. Over the last couple of years there has been more and more of a push to have Opening Day set aside as a national holiday. Unfortunately I am in disagreement with my fellow fans of the sport in this regard. Let me explain….
My kids had last Friday off from school. Instead of a “mid-winter” break they had a 4 day weekend. The following Monday was off, but booked up with an orthodontist appointment (another post coming about that) but what was I going to do about Friday? We went to the Seattle Aquarium. This used to be…
Last one – and then tomorrow I’m back on track with a “regular” selection of pictures. Last week was “special friends” day at the kids’ school – at least for the pre-school and kindergarten and first grade. The higher grades had it earlier in the year. I sort of understand why they don’t have it…