December 11, 2013: And the New Couch Is Broken (A Little)

Quite cold today but no snow on the roads. No issues driving. Everything in Texas is still frozen. The reports from there are that they are still under some serious ice. We are quite glad that we got out before this all happened. Hard to believe that Texas is getting a much worse winter than …

December 10, 2013: The New Basement Couch Arrives

I woke up around two after a bizarre dream about moving from California to, somewhere, and having forgotten to move my books and needing to hire a taxi to drive me there to get them and driving back with them in a taxi.  But once home falling asleep and forgetting to unload the taxi and …

December 8, 2013: More Doctor Who with the Girls

As usual, I was awake before everyone else this morning. I got up and made myself a bagel (I am so thankful that we opted for the toaster oven instead of a toaster) and went down to the basement to get some work done. Did all of the bill paying this morning. So nice to …

December 7, 2013: More Doctor Who for Little Girls

Liesl came and climbed into bed with us around eight.  Twenty minutes later, Luciana was up too – also needing to climb into bed with us.  This queen, rather than king, bed is just way too small for this family.  I can’t wait until we can move our real bed(s) up from Texas. I got …