The weekend was kind of busy, with things going on each day. Friday night, Jake played at his school’s Coffee House event, which is like a real coffee house, where performers play music or do poetry. Jake and his friend Kat played a song (Jake was on guitar and Kat, …
Jacob turned 16 today! I’m taking the afternoon off to take him to the DMV for his driver’s permit. He is very excited about the prospect of driving. It is hard to believe that he’s 16 already. Time flies. Happy Birthday, Jake!
Yesterday, our hot water heater stopped working. The pilot light went out and would not stay on when relit. Brian called the plumber to take a look and it was fixed in short order (and the bill wasn’t excessive). We had the sewer work done at the office a few …
This book was written by Robert McCammon, who is one of my favorite authors. It was pretty good and had an interesting premise: it was about a werewolf who was undercover for the British military. Apparently there’s another book about this same character, The Wolf’s Hour. Surely I must have …
We had our (almost) annual Mother’s Day/Jacob’s birthday party yesterday. I even tried to schedule it on a different day (Jake’s actual birthday), but a school event came up so we had to reschedule and this was the only day that worked for everyone. The usual suspects were present. I …