February 5, 2009: Katie and Duds Visit with Cupcakes

I got up this morning and worked from home for a few hours until everything was caught up and there was no work waiting on me.  Then, around eleven thirty, I managed to head out to the car and take the hour and a half drive out to Warren, New Jersey, so that I could …

February 3, 2009: Hanging with Guybrush Threepwood

I was pretty tired this morning and slept in pretty late.  There was no sunshine this morning so Oreo was not itching to get up either.  Instead of sun today we had a day of pretty steady snowfall.  It snowed all day long. Dominica and Liesl ended up sleeping in until early in the afternoon.  …

February 2, 2009: Happy 15th Anniversary to the Ralstons

Wow, fifteen years.  I can’t believe that the Ralston’s wedding was fifteen years ago!  That is just crazy. Here is some serious xenophobia in northern Italy  – some cities are beginning to ban “foreign” foods claiming that only regional cuisine be allowed.  This is a slipperly slope since it is primarily a form of racism …

February 1, 2009: Productive Day

We have nothing much planned for today.  So after getting up this morning and everyone moving down to the living room I took over the morning Liesl schedule, helper with her exercises and tummy time and other activites, while Dominica got started on her first class at the O’Reilly School at the University of Illinois.  …