Back from the beach

Ahh…
We had a really, really great time down in Virginia with our friends.  We hadn’t seen each other since last June, when they came up to Massachusetts and threw me a baby shower.  Amanda and I were both pregnant, her due date being about 6-8 weeks after mine (how is it that we didn’t take [...]

Last day

It’s our last day here on the beach, and after a few cloudy and drizzly days, today is perfectly warm and sunny. It has been a nice trip, and I’m glad today is a good beach day, but I am just about ready to be back home. Back to my familiar places and routines. I [...]

Worlds collide

Another short iPhone entry, but I couldn’t not mention our most excellent meetup today. At morning nap time, we piled the kids in the car and drove up I-64 to Williamsburg. And who did we find in the kids’ section waiting for us? The positively delightful Cheryl, Darren, and Sarah, my blog-buddies! (Go visit twinfatuation.blogspot.com [...]

Hello from Virginia

We are having a great time on vacation so far. The travel was a little hairy, but we made it. The house we’ve rented is working out well, and spending time with friends we don’t see often is a blast. Only a quick update for today, since we opted to bring the Wii instead of [...]

Last-minute prep

Our flight leaves tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn.  So, naturally, I haven’t started packing yet!  But I do have lists.  Oh boy, do I have lists.  I have lists of lists.  They haven’t made it to spreadsheet form yet, but the day is young.  I’ve got a packing list for the kids, a [...]

I need a vacation

It’s been a rough couple of days over here.  It started with the whole Toys-R-Us debacle on Monday.
Tuesday was not a ton better.  It started off with a bang, as the dog decided to find poop in the yard (not her own), eat it, and then throw up all over my first floor.  Delightful.  I’m [...]

Trip Recap, Part 4 – The Family Reunion

I swear, this is the last trip recap you’ll hear!  I know, it’s fascinating…. but I wanted to record it for posterity before I completely forget and there’s a million other things to write about.
Anyways, the final weekend of the big trip to the Midwest involved a two-hour drive to sorta-Central Illinois for my dad’s [...]

Trip Recap, Part 3 – back to Grandpa’s house

See the first parts of the story here and here.
The first week of the trip under our belts, we were back at my dad’s house for a few days.  We pretty much crammed in visitors at every opportunity.  I have a lot of family and old friends in the area, and I thought a 12-day [...]

Trip Recap, Part 2 – The North Woods

So, after spending a few days with my dad, we piled in the car Friday night and headed north with three adults, two kids, and a dog with a bladder infection.  My strategy was to get in the car right around the kids’ normal bedtime and hope they’d pretty much sleep the whole way. It [...]

Trip Recap, Part 1 – Grandpa’s house

[Sucky day update: the city is attempting to repair the broken sewage pipe, or at least making a good show of tearing up the street in front of my driveway. M just informed me that the city just cracked the water line instead of the sewer line, and haven't even dug in the right place [...]