October 11, 2009: Sunday with Dad

It is Sunday and I need to work today.  Today is dad’s big “hanging out with Liesl” day.  I have to work today, as usual, so not a lot of time off for me to hang out with everyone. This evening we ordered in Chinese take-away and watched the second episode of Torchwood. We were …

October 10, 2009: Maybe Dad’s Last Trip to Peekskill

It is Saturday.  I worked until four this morning and so slept in very, very late today.  It is hard to sleep in with Liesl because her routine involves a lot of time spent playing in bed in the early morning.  Normally I just get up with her and play for an hour before starting …

October 9, 2009: Working Overnight

It’s Friday and a long, busy work day for me.  We got some heavy rain this morning.  Tomorrow Dad is coming down from Upstate New York to visit for the weekend and to help with painting the upstairs hallway.  We really want to get that done before attempting to sell the house.  It will make …

October 8, 2009: Jammed Window

The temperature here in the lower Hudson Valley dropped dramatically last night.  Our bedroom window, the one above Dominica’s side of the bed, got jarred from the major windstorm that we had last night and was unable to be closed.  So our bedroom was cold, cold, cold this morning.  We will need to figure out …

October 7, 2009: Router Change

This morning I got up and drove down to the Maple Avenue Deli to pick up breakfast sandwiches for Dominica and I and breakfast potatoes for Dominica.  She loves breakfast potatoes.  While I was there I saw on the news that we have a major wind storm heading our way today and we are under …