Yup, it’s less than 48 hours until Christmas. The last week has been crazy because…
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I found out Wednesday morning that I was the designated person responsible for acquiring bouquests for the teacher’s assistant and for the aftercare teacher at Liam’s school. This was not a problem as I was sure I could get FTD or [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Bits And Pieces Of Pre-Christmas Minutia
Posted in everyday stuff, holidays on December 24, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Lookee What The Mailman Brought Today!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
(In case you can’t tell, it’s a Valentine’s Day catalogue.)
Enough, people, enough already!
Christmas Surprise
Posted in holidays on December 18, 2007 | 8 Comments »
We were sitting on the couch by the front window Saturday afternoon. The Lemur, who is currently obsessed with fire engines and Christmas, heard a siren. It became apparent that the siren not only belonged to a fire truck, but that said firetruck was coming down our street. Then, wonder of wonders, we realized that [...]
Tempting
Posted in daydreaming on December 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
So here I am in the midst of what the Weather Service euphemistically calls “a wintry mix” (to give it that certain holiday feeling, I guess), and which is materializing as about half an inch of sleet on my back deck.
Oh my, look at what the mailman brought us today.
Sounds wonderful, eh?
This Train Is Bound For… Snacking
Posted in holidays on December 12, 2007 | 9 Comments »
With apologies to the lovely person who first wrote the American spiritual “This Train is Bound for Glory,” we present our afternoon project today…
…the beginnings of the coal tender…
…filling the coal tender…
…the finished train with its chocolate chip “coal” and stockpile of extra “coal”…
…we left poor Kieran with only a tube of wrapping paper [...]
Sick Day
Posted in sickness on December 5, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Hi Everyone,
It’s me, Kieran. Guess what? The Lemur has a cold and he gave it to me and Mommy. So we’ve been stuck in the house for the last two days. Here’s what’s up (’cause I know Gran-Gran is curious…)
We’ve played with the ferrets. A lot. We might have worn them out. Or not. Ferrets [...]
