After almost 4 years and a long family discussion, Joel returned to Aikido on Monday. So far the plan is three days a week – currently Monday, Thursday and Friday – and Joel went all three times. It’s given me and Jake a lot of time together, which is both good and bad – depending [...]
Well, Oslo has made himself at home. Right now, he’s practically attached to my right arm as I attempt to type this. He keeps to trying to play and thinks my moving fingers are toys. Conclusion: we now own a highly playful cat who needs TONS of attention. Os is always near one of us. [...]
We have a pool deck!!! The brick was delivered earlier in the week and the sand aggregate arrived the day before the work was completed. The entire deck was completed in ONE DAY. That’s incredible to me, but I guess if it’s what you do for a living and you know what your doing, this [...]
After a lul of 28 days; a combination of Jamie and I deciding on a brick and tile pattern plus the time it took to order and deliver it, work on our pool has commenced once more. Today we were surprised to come home and see the tiles and paver edging had been installed. Shouldn’t [...]
In September, our friend Heather invited me to come to a Bunco game night at her house, and I went even though I knew absolutely nothing about the game. What I discovered is that Bunco is a dice game that fortunately requires no actual skill (which is good in my case), but the real reason [...]
Psycho week! And we’re sure that next week will be just as crazy – if not worse. The cure? TGW – Thank Goodness for the Weekend! Time to catch up; time to relax; time to spend with the family, and may be some time to just stare at the wall…
It’s funny. I’ve been back at work for a week, yet it’s Sunday night and I feel like my vacation is ending. Jamie goes back to work tomorrow and Jake’s back to school. For the past two weeks, all of us have fallen into the habit of sleeping in late. And that includes Jake who [...]
To ring in 2009, we let the ‘little man’ stay up until after midnight. The funny thing is that both Joel and I experienced moments of falling asleep while Jake was going strong until the ball dropped. After that, he started to show symptoms of being tired (e.g. whining and crying for no reason) BUT [...]