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Warning: Heavy on the caps lock.

So okay then. Here we are. Again. Us and all that awkward distance between posts. Lets just pretend it never happened, and deal with it in therapy later. See? Now isn’t that easier? I made the mistake of showing that holiday slide show to the kids, and do you know how many times I had [...]

Bunk Mates

After months of threatening, and weeks and weeks of researching, we finally made an impulse decision, and bought the kids a set of bunk beds yesterday. We ultimately came to the realization that they are BUNK BEDS and not a set of heirloom Chippendale end tables, and went with the $299 version we found at [...]

Porter: The Cute vs The Angry

Hey McGoo, Big surprise, but I managed to miss my arbitrarily set, semi-regular post wherein I tell you how adorably cute you are and relate my amazement at how you can elevate angry to a level not commonly found in nature. Otherwise known as The Cute and The Angry, respectively. So instead of me telling [...]

Another weekend at the Walston Labor Camp

This weekend we removed and disposed of 3,380 pounds of green waste. To clarify: the “we” being Steve, myself and the latest round of suckers visitors, Steve’s parents. Consider yourself warned: if you come to our house with the intention of “helping” you will be automatically issued a project, a Walstonling and your very own [...]

Gerd, the newest member of our family.

( Illness andPorter andSleep andTeething )

Okay. So here’s how it shakes down. Porter is about this close to becoming a pharmacological poster child. I took him to the doctor this week due to a seemingly endless list of symptoms. A list that was punctuated with the item CRYING, LOTS AND LOTS OF CRYING (yes, all in caps). When the doctor [...]