Hi and Uh Oh

by | Oct 11, 2004 | Kids

My favorite words right now are “hi”—which I usually say repeatedly—and “uh oh”—for whenever even the slightest object drops to the floor. I also use “Pa” for Papa (Dad hasn’t stopped beaming about this) and...

All the latest

by | Oct 9, 2004 | News & Commentary

Erin’s second cousin Jessica stayed over with us on Thursday night since she had a teachers’ inservice class in Salem on Friday. Despite her somewhat late arrival from Coos Bay, we had a grand time staying up and chatting. Our thanks to her for taking us...

Homecoming and more

by | Oct 3, 2004 | Kids

Last Friday was Homecoming at the high school where Mom works, so we got to ride on a float in the Homecoming parade. We saw my friend Abby and her mom Cindy, and all the big kids threw candy to them. I was pretty stunned by everything that was going on, so I just...

All new and improved!

by | Oct 3, 2004 | News & Commentary

I’ll set aside just for today the news that our soccer team played awful and still won 6-1. We scored some nice goals, were never seriously threatened, and other than a lack of playing time due to too many players, had a good time of it. Well, I took a knee to...

Portland-area escorts

by | Oct 1, 2004 | News & Commentary

Uh, yeah, comedic entries like these are why my site is blocked by parental web site filters. Warning: Links to nudity ahead. Dave and I were iChatting last night when I surfed over to Craig’s List, an Internet-based bulletin board system with local sub-boards...