Hello, folks! Happy Belated Halloween and also Canadian Thanksgiving to you!

We were able to celebrate both this year, which was nice. We went to my brother and sister-in-law's place for Thanksgiving, and had a lovely time. And we were able to hand out candy this year (we chose not to last year for COVID reasons, but we're all double vaxxed and we ( Read more... )

It's Pax's birthday today! He's three years old! Here he is post-birthday cookie:

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Ahoy-hoy! How are you all doing today? Are you watching the Olympics? Because we are. All the time. The Bard Family household is 24/7 Olympics every two years, and I love it. I don't care if I don't know the sport. I learn how Judo works every four years, and Mom and I found out how to play rugby this year, and we talk about the diving like we are ( Read more... )

Here is our completed Summer Tree:


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We are all fully vaccinated now! Including my brother and his wife! I mean, we have to wait for it to be in full effect, but we are on our way to maximum immunity. I had a rough second day, as did Mum, and Dad went mental, but he always does when he has a fever. He stops making sense and gets highly concerned about the dog. It's both worrying and ( Read more... )

Hello, folks! Hope you are well.

We were able to see my brother and his wife on Father's Day, with the COVID restrictions easing slightly! We did it outside and it was lovely, and my dad was so happy. They also have a new cat we hadn't met yet, who is so, so cute. They have an 11-year-old cat named Jack who is very aloof and anti-social, and now ( Read more... )

Another recipe from the Bard Family Vault which I'm putting down here for posterity.

Mom's Dip! Also known as Aunt Connie's Dip in the previous generation. Now known as 'Auntie [My Mom's Name]'s Dip' in the current one. It's the number one requested item when we're invited places.

Ingredients
1 bunch of Green Onions
1 TBSP Mayonnaise
1 TBSP Milk
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Hello, world! I speak to you as a wise woman of 35 years, and not the immature 34-year-old I was when last we corresponded. As of June 1st, my age is now a blue-yellow number in my synesthesiac mind and not a blue-raspberry colour, and honestly, that's the biggest change. I don't feel any different. My mom says she's going to be depressed when my ( Read more... )

Got my first dose of the vaccine today! I managed to snatch an appointment by obsessively refreshing the page until one was available. Went very smoothly; I hope the side effects will be mild.

Yay! This entry was crossposted on Dreamwidth (https://awanderingbard.dreamwidth ( Read more... )

Hello all! I hope you are doing well. It's been kidney stone central here again, unfortunately. I passed a huge 5mm stone and then a bunch of littler stones have followed. Thankfully, the pain wasn't too awful, there was only one period of about three hours where I was in that 'I don't know what to do with myself' state. Otherwise it's been more ' ( Read more... )