Today, I registered Jake for kindergarten. It was a pretty painless process; I just had to fill out a bunch of forms. We also have forms his doctor and dentist need to fill out. Since he has to go to both places in May, it’s no big deal. We also …
Jacob had his first playdate yesterday at his friend Jake’s house. Everything went really well–Jacob even managed to behave himself (or so says Jake’s parents). The boys got along famously. All I know is that it was the fastest 2.5 hours of the week. I will be calling Jake’s mom …
Well, today was the big day. I have to say that things went about as well as I could’ve hoped. Brian got up at 6:30am to put on the turkey. We got it ready last night, so he pretty much just had to put it on the roaster and into …
Judy came over this evening for our annual present exchange. Somehow, I think she’s getting screwed on that deal. Let’s see–she has to buy presents for three people, we have to buy for one. Hmmm. I’m no math major, but that doesn’t seem to add up. Wait a minute–I was …
At some point in the past 10 years I started viewing holidays through jade-colored glasses. I’m not sure how or when this happened, but I believe it was a slow progression brought on by marriage and having twice as much family to contend with. When it comes down to it, …