How’d we do? Did we meet our 2022 boasts? Not all of them. Honestly, from the Nutcracker until now, 12/24/22 – the only things we had done were prep for Yule, attempted to complete Yule Boasts, and attend a wonderful Hanukkah party. Lucas: Did neither of his boasts. Catawba-Lynn: Does not know how to swim… read more
Thursday, Sessrumnir and I had obedience class. Tawbs stayed home with the family. After obedience at the Wilmington Kennel Club, we all met at the Brandywine Zoo for a quick visit. Not many animals were out but we wanted to see the zoo. It was at this point that we found out my mother locked… read more
I felt bad I was leaving Lucas a mess. It rained all night and we needed to put decorations away – but Luke had to dry them out first. Tawbs and I were headed right back to Wisconsin on the first. I felt bad but Luke said it was no problem. Tawbs saw the… read more
*Look at that. Remembering ShayLa trying to drink a bottle of Rumchata while pregnant, (you do you, honey) inspired me to rummage through our liquor cabinet and find my 2021 Yule present from Lucas and join ShayLa with my bottle of Rumchata. I know, I know, Rumchata is for weddings, but no one has been… read more
September was the last time we had a scheduled game night with friends. We only had nine scheduled this past year, two of which were cancelled, which is so, so, so much lower that the 52 game nights a year we used to do in 2017-2019. I think it’s the traffic here. There is no… read more
At a Tyler Arboretum members’ weekend, I learned that the family had free access to the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science. Justine said there had been a tornado on the grounds and then Covid happened; so the museum had been shut down a while. At the beginning of August, the family decided we would… read more
Whose birthday is July 1st? Catawba-Lynn’s! Wow! 6 years old! We were not having her party near her birthday this past year because family was capable of coming out later in the month. So for her birthday, I scheduled her Varsity Tutors Wildlife Creature Camp on her birthday week. We went to Dollar Tree so… read more
I took Tawbs to her last Kinder Dance class. A “whole year” of dance. Wow! Later on was swimming. I hate swim classes. Dealing with locker rooms and public showers and humidity and traffic – all for 30 minutes of water time – 5 minutes of instruction. Gah! My parents did it right. Life jacket… read more
Ralph Stover State Park was on our list to visit for the year. We got out there and of course I needed to go to the bathroom – I always have to whenever I get out of the car – and um, yuck. Oh gosh. The worst. Ralph Stover State Park easily had the worst… read more
Happy Birthday to Jude! Wow! 15! Cannot believe it! Cake and presents and balloons and toys and treats! Jude got Canine Carryouts, mini taco treats. Catawba-Lynn colored him a picture and put on a puppet show. Hopefully Jude had a happy birthday. The beginning of the month was full but mostly calm. We had fun… read more
Half A Human 