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Vacation pictures coming

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Just as soon as I can upload and sort through all 500. In the meantime, here’s a dog doing the merengue.

Month 21

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Dear Violet Holy crap, you’re 21 months old. I can’t believe it. I still see you as a baby, and I automatically turn to the baby section of catalogues, but nothing there fits you anymore. You’re a toddler. I have to shop in the toddler section. Part of the problem is your ongoing lack of [...]

Fashionista

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Violet picked out her own clothes today.

Fun with Public Services

Friday, August 20th, 2010

It’s been a little bit stormy here for the past couple of days, and I’ve been working half-days, so V and I have had to find fun things to do indoors. PBS doesn’t put out new cartoons every day, which is OK with V. She remembers things for less than a day anyway. But I [...]

Night out at the OG

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

We live right next to the Olive Garden- walking distance, actually, if you’re interested in a half hour walk before and after dinner. But after a few less than satisfactory dinner visits we gave up on it in favor of Chili’s to satisfy our reasonably-priced chain restaurant dining needs. Then a series of events and [...]