Saturday, January 26, 2008

Happy Birthday to Ken!
















Homemade cupcakes, a surprise on Tuesday night after Ken's class. The next day he took them to school to share. I have a few more pictures or I might have a few more, if there's film in the other camera, or they might just be in my mind's eye.

Ken with his cake at my parent's house.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

A New Addition to our Family

Five years ago Ken and I made a big mistake. Without any research, or asking around, we purchased a mattress. Not just any mattress, the cheapest mattress we could find.

The first year it wasn't good, but it wasn't so bad. However, with each passing year the mattress got worse and worse. The springs, the sagging, the warping, not good, not good at all.




I started talking about buying a new mattress three years ago. Each year at tax return time it just didn't feel right. I just couldn't figure out how to make it work - Ken's tuition + new mattress = not enough! This year, the math works.

Over the Christmas holidays Ken and I purchased a new mattress, box spring and frame. Today we had Christmas all over again, our new mattress was delivered at 7: 30pm. I'm so happy I could cry... oh wait, I did. (Just a little.)

Friday, December 28, 2007

Happy Anniversary!


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Saturday, December 28, 2002

Monday, December 24, 2007

Cousins-in-Law


Saturday was a great day. The first day of the holidays. The first full day of my sister's visit. My sister's ninth wedding anniversary. The day we visited with Laura and Keenan and William.

This is a picture of William and Isaac. They played for several hours while the adults visited. They had lots of fun together. Their Uncle Ken even moderated a game of chess between them.

At the end of the visit they exchanged addresses and they tried to determine how they were related.

The Snowman and the Destruction Thereof

Once there was a snowman.













He was a lovely snowman.













But not for long...



























Hail the mighty warriors who have destroyed the snowman!

Friday, December 14, 2007

Christmas Elf Names

Michelle has a fun link on her blog so that you too can fin out your Christmas Elf name!

Ken's name:
Zippy Bubba-Louie

Wendy's name:
Bijou Monkey-Buns

Saturday, December 08, 2007

The World of Blogging as Intepreted by the World of T-shirts




I saw a kid yesterday - really weird considering I'm a teacher... Anyway, this particular child was wearing a t-shirt that said "Nobody cares about your blog". It made me chuckle.