And so passed the fastest/slowest year ever. The baby (and apparently I can always call him that, as I crowd-sourced recently) turned one. We had a low-key celebration. By low-key I mean it involved me, his brothers and a tray of brownies. He had a couple of presents and cards to open but mostly it [...]

“So what’d your husband and the kids get you for your birthday?” “A sausage stuffer.” “A…what? Sorry? How…um…thoughtful?” Get your mind out of the gutters, people. I wasn’t expecting a gift, so this was a nice surprise. The attachment set for my KitchenAid mixer was on my ‘nice to have one day’ list, so I [...]

This weekend it’s my grandparents’ 70th wedding anniversary. Seventy years. Pretty sure I won’t be able to find a standard anniversary greeting card with that many years on it – though you can get a greeting from the Queen (my uncle may have already arranged that one – he’s quite organized about that sort of [...]

Almost two weeks ago, there were half a dozen pirates running around my house, jumping and leaping and ‘arrrgh’-ing. And there was Oliver, giving them orders as to what was happening next. “Ok guys, guys, it’s time for cake now!” “Ok, everyone be quiet! I’m going to open my gifts!” His confidence in social situations [...]