I've only scratched the surface with the things I'm going through at my parents' house. Maybe two boxes so far, and I haven't brought myself to throw anything away, which is probably a mistake. But Marz's death and this revisitation of time capsules from my...
In the last week or so, these things have happened: 1. My parents have accepted an offer on the house that I grew up in and now have to move out by spring. 1a. Due to the above, my folks have brought me several boxes of my...
I've been doing a year-end recap every year since 2005 in this exact format on ye olde LiveJournal. Here's a slightly edited-for-the-public version of this year's. First, the annual memes: Year in meme: 2016 The method: Copy and paste the first sentence of the first entry of every month this year...
Our Elf was given to us. It wasn't a trend I was interested in. It's work. But my mom gave it to Henry and we couldn't back out after that. Inevitably, every night we are in bed and then remember the Elf on the Shelf...
Today, as has been my tradition for the entirety of Henry's life, I made handprint ornaments with Dolores Thomson of Clay Concepts. We give them to the aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents every year for Christmas. Danny hands now, too. At this point, they get the gift...
Henry drew a circle, and another circle. That reminded him of a hamburger. So then he drew another hamburger. This one had lettuce sticking out. And then it needed a face and legs. This is my favorite drawing Ever. And did I mention that this was all on...
World Awareness Children's Museum knocked it out of the park with their Magical Woodland Tea Party yesterday. Fairy decorations greeted you from the roadside all the way in, even to the bathroom. Titania herself (Elizabeth Little Hogan, who co-chaired the event with Sue Knapp) greeted the...