continuing family things

So — did I say this? Friday, Ted and I successfully had lunch with Anna and Dara, which was not only lots of fun but also very cool, simply because I hadn’t seen them since, er, 1997. Ye gods. We talked for an hour, before Anna had to go back to work, and then trundled on home where we got to pack everything up and go to the new not-ground-floor-really condo. By that time, my back was in full-on spasm mode, which, y’know, sucked. I think we did the family…

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a hundred trillion

There are about a hundred trillion Christmas photos here. If you just want to go for the cute, the pictures of Breic start on this page. Because I can, now I will post some of my faaaaaavorites. Breic Hugh: Deirdre, Grandma and Catie watch Ted lift Breic WAY UP HIGH!

now that I think about it

Now that I think about it, there were more comedy of error things than I reported in my oh-so-succinct writeup earlier. :) First off, the plane managed to leave more or less on time, which was nice, and we got into Seattle fine, and rented a couple of cars, then drove to the place we were staying, which was supposed to be a ground-floor 3 bedroom unit. Well, it /was/ a 3-bedroom unit, but it was on the 3rd floor. Have I mentioned that I’m afraid of heights? And that…

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goodness, what a vacation

Our vacation, in brief: Breic vomited. Deirdre vomited. My back went out. Gavin vomited. Family got snowed in. Mom vomited. The roads became really, really bad. We came home. :) Actually, despite all that, we had a really good time. More later. :)

outta here

Okay, folks, I’m outta here. See you all on the 7th. Happy New Year!!!