My friend BurghBaby has organized a show off your Christmas Crazy link-a-thon at her site, and I couldn’t pass up the chance to participate. BB’s way crazier than we are about the decorating thing — she has like five trees to decorate, and we have just the one. Or maybe two. And there are those… Read More a beautiful sight.
It’s not much more than a little box. But if you give it to the right person, it’s magic. I was all set for The Wife’s birthday last weekend, but illness (mine) and dreadful work schedules (The Wife’s) kept us from celebrating on Monday, the actual day. That gave me the time to follow up… Read More boxing.
Today kind of sucked. We couldn’t celebrate The Wife’s birthday, because she was stuck at work well into the evening. And I didn’t feel so hot anyway. But as always, good medicine helps. And we’ll try to get a proper birthday celebration accomplished in a day or two.
I’m not feeling too swift at the moment — my first real cold of the winter has been building since last night — but this still makes me feel happy.
A not-so-closely held secret: I love Converse’s Chuck Taylor All-Stars. I started wearing them in high school, and I’ve never stopped. As part of our on-going work to get the house ready for visitors, I’ve been working on the third bedroom, which doubles as our “office.” I’ve done my best to claim this room for… Read More chucked.
One of the most fun things about the new house is watching Miles’ reactions to everything he discovers. And without question, his favorite thing is the basement. Several times each day, he’ll plop himself down in front of the basement door and beg — pleasepleasepleasepleasePLEASE — for one of us to open the gates to… Read More adventure boy.
Uncle Crappy 