What to make for dinner tonight?  Steve's working late, and I spent all afternoon eating hummus/pita and roasted garlic triscuits, so I'm not too motivated to make anything.  I suppose Anya will want to eat, though.  Maybe egg noodles and broccoli, or something of similar difficulty ( Read more... )

Hello, LJ

I'm sorry that I promised more frequent updates, and then I disappeared.  We had house guests, and then after that we were away visiting Kansas City.  Anyway, I'm back now!

Some sad news, though.  Our sweet cat, Mo, died.  I guess he had been sick for a few months, although it was not entirely clear how sick he was.  There were a few ( Read more... )

Argh! I so hate that I can't edit comments. But having the ability to edit comments is not worth paying for LJ, so I'm stuck leaving that hanging parantheses (paranthesis?). Oh well ( Read more... )

 For my grammar-loving friends:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

I really just logged on to check on my FL-- busy with my extended family in town.  House is in chaos, but I did just put an apple pie and a pumpkin pie in the oven.

But...  how could they have chosen a writer's block question that has me in solitary confinement *with* my BFF???  Doesn't someone screen the suggestions and choose good  ones?

I always miss Colin on Halloween (his birthday, and I day I spoke to him every year) but less time to think about it this year.  Anya had a great time trick-or-treating.  One of the houses had full sized candy bars, which made me happy.  Colin used to do that, and you could hear the kids freaking out with excitement about it in the  background of ( Read more... )

We went "camping" this weekend. Well, not really camping.  We stayed in a one room cabin that had electricity and beds, but no running water.  Anya slept in a tent, which was her peapod travel bed, but Steve and I had a bed in the cabin.  A's BFF Lauren and her parents were there, plus a couple they are friends with who have a 2 year old boy.  He ( Read more... )

Why is it that some multi-syllable words, like alligator, Anya can say really well (she actually usually says alliga'tuh these days) but some, like elephant, she does not even come close, and says "et".  Nothing can convince her otherwise?  Also, almost daily, she surprises me with a word she knows that we didn't specifically teach her, like when ( Read more... )

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