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Xmas in New England: Days 6-9
[When I started this: We’re currently sitting on the runway at Logan, all neatly packed into the plane for an indefinite period before take-off ( Read more... ) -
Xmas in New England: Day 5
So, it's "Christingle", not "Christicle". This has a pretty accurate picture. You can see why I called it a satellite ( Read more... ) -
Xmas in New England: Day 4
After another good night's sleep (for me, anyway), we had a leisurely morning of playing checkers and other idle pursuits, before going outside. The rain had washed all the icicles away, but new little ones were forming along the roofs. It was again about freezing, and the soggy snow was solid. The sledding run was in good shape, and the ( Read more... ) -
Xmas in New England: Days 1-3
Despite some initial worries, an extremely generous co-worker got us to SFO for our flight to Logan (to Mommy's consternation, her generosity extended to giving the kid a Disney princess doll complete with wand that makes a sound every time it moves). It was nice not to be on the crack-of-dawn flight, though the midnight drive to New Hampshire was ( Read more... ) -
Truer words
The kid: "I am not remotely like an adult. What does 'not remotely' mean?" -
Xmas letter
My Xmas letter got way too whiny, so it had to become an LJ post. I won't include the expurgated one in the cards of anyone who can read the real one here :).This December seems much less like Christmas than usual, though we got our decorations up right after Thanksgiving and are expecting my sister in a few days while planning to join her in New ( Read more... ) -
Good to know
This picture shows that I'm "probably" neurotypical. (Naturally, the code to copy dropped my actual scores--I think it was 91/200 aspie and 129/100 neurotypical.) EDIT: that should be 129/200, as an aspie friend of mine kindly pointed out.
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Shelves
The kid is amazing. She helped me do something hard and unpleasant today, and we had quite a good time at it ( Read more... ) -
OBTW
Yes, I have moved--to a rental house about 1.5 miles south of where I was. Some of my gentle readers have partied and/or lived there. If you don't have my address and would like it, let me know (phone numbers are still the same). Or, you can just wait for the Xmess card.
