Archive for December, 2007
Noël de maladie
As I mentioned earlier, this was the first year all my siblings were home for Christmas in a long time. We gathered from all over the country, a brother from Florida, a sister from Southern California and another from Maryland, and me and two other brothers who are more local. All in Mom [...]
I’m done here
Good morning and goodbye…for a while. Time for a blogging break until after Christmas. There are a bunch of things I wanted to try and write about before the hiatus but it’s not going to happen. There’s still too much to do before Christmas including (1) enjoy the children, (2) make some [...]
Better start saving for that hip replacement now, kid.
Overheard today…
Kyndra (our 7-yr-old neighbor): Sometimes I like to crack my knuckles, it feels good.
Amy: No! You shouldn’t do that! Know why?
Kyndra: Why?
Amy: Because you will ruin them and when you get older they’ll hurt.
Kyndra & Mia together: Ohhhhhh!
Kyndra: How much older? As old as my brother? [...]
Because I need something other than yesterday’s post on the front page
I know it might seem strange to expect someone who wants money from you to simply go away if enough time has passed, especially when it’s this much money. Obviously everything is more complicated than I’ve said here (or even here) but we did have reason to believe the bank might let the matter [...]
Black Wednesday
There was a hearing this morning in which the bank that is suing us had to present evidence to justify continuing the case or it would be dismissed. Despite many hopes and prayers and despite them not returning a phone call or an email for over six months, they showed up at the hearing [...]