Our school's big shin dig every year is the Veterans Day assembly. It's never (in my 9 years) been on the actual day because our local Legion is full of guys who are very busy on the real day, so it's always close. The kids wave flags and sing songs and make powerpoints and do all kinds of other things like that. They are stinking adorable. And ( Read more... )

My work friend had a baby this morning ... a little brother for her almost 3 year old daughter. My college roomie turns 30 today ( Read more... )

Yesterday, to celebrate Sarah's impending old age, we went to http://www.chocolatespa.com/ up in Hershey ( Read more... )

Now THIS woulda been an awesome wedding cake.

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So there's this house. It's a cute little house. It's been on and off the market since last October, so about 13 months. Remember that, because that's an interesting piece of our story later on ( Read more... )

I see my kids every 7 days. As I often say to them ... think about it. Think about being 8 or 9 years old and think about how much gets crammed in to those days. School, eating, sleeping, homework, tv, video games, arguing with a sibling, soccer practice, pretending to clean your room, getting dragged along to the grocery store or your little ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I get very angry at the copyright law. No, cancel that. I get angry at filters. Yeah, that's better ( Read more... )

There's an article about Mark Paul Gosselaar on Yahoo today about his stage debut in NY. He plays a character who is an understudy in a play, and claims that his lines in the show helped him learn theater lingo ( Read more... )

October 29, 2009, 12:39 pm ( Read more... )

Since we nixed the idea of going downtown and hitting the Spy museum, we met Nat & Rick at their house at their house and hung out for the afternoon. After getting the grand tour and trying to not get jumped on by the dog, we headed out for lunch. Our first plan was thwarted, so we wound up at a Mexican place that I enjoyed. For the afternoon, ( Read more... )