Entries from November 2007

November 30, 2007

How I Spent My Friday:

I chaperoned on a field trip with my daughter’s class today.  We went to see The Nutcracker.  All I can say is, six year old boys and a ballet don’t necessarily mix. 
Oh, and a little boy from my daughter’s class told me that he was her boyfriend and that they were going to, and I quote, “Get [...]

November 29, 2007

Ornaments and trees.

Every Christmas we buy an ornament for the tree that has the year on it.  It’s a tradition in my family, one I hope will be around for a very long time.  In 50 years (God willing,) I hope to have a tree that is decorated soley with ornaments from every year.
Some years, whether due to our procrastination [...]

November 28, 2007

Link.

Yesterday, WordPress decided to link the last two paragraphs of my post to their preceding picture.  I didn’t notice the error at first.  When I did notice it, I immediately went to fix it.  But no matter how many times I tried, it wouldn’t take off that link.  Oh, it would look like the link was [...]

November 27, 2007

We’re ready.

Decorating our house for Christmas first entails a trip up into the attic to retrieve the 20 bazillion boxes of Christmas decorations. And since B and I are afraid of heights, we make our children go do it. (Oh, don’t worry, I’m kidding.) They did go first, but the girl got too scared and didn’t [...]

November 26, 2007

Am very thankful.

It’s a good thing I got a new camera in time to get wonderful Thanksgiving pictures. Well, it would have been a good thing, if I’d actually taken any pictures. Gah!
Never fear, I managed to get a couple. Here’s The Boy helping me cook. He loves to cook, yet he doesn’t eat a thing he [...]