Thursday, August 25, 2005

Doug died last week


Kyra's daddy (Lesley's husband) passed away in Washington on the 15th. Sherri had just heard about it, so I don't know if anyone else knows yet.

A terrible thing, to go so young. I couldn't remember what his disease was, so I looked it up on Sherri's blog -- read about it here.

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Brittany was invited


to Cousin Gracie's birthday party, where she tasted cake for the first time.

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She'll be eating her own birthday cake in just a few more weeks. And ice cream, too -- she loves ice cream. No idea what kind of party we'll have -- I haven't managed to plan a thing yet.

Monday, August 15, 2005

Semi-sorta back to normal


The court crap is over with for a while; Mom, Bridget and Sherri have all the pertinent details if you haven't heard them yet. I'm trying real hard to get back into my usual peaceful and contented state of mind, so I prefer not to talk about it any more.

Now that I have my life back, more or less, I'm working on getting my house in order. It's been all I can do to keep the dishes and the laundry and the baby clean, so piles of clutter have sprouted everywhere. My garden's a mess, too; there's grass growing in my flowerbeds. And my fish -- poor fishies! -- desperately need a water change.

Anyway, the baby's napping and I have work to do, so I'll holler at you guys later.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Two big milestones


Brittany is finally crawling! Mikey taught her how a couple of weeks ago by tempting her with veggie crackers, a favorite treat. Now she's a speed crawler -- if I take my eyes off her for a second she's gone, and I have to hunt for her from room to room.

Also, she finally has a tooth!