"My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living."

.Anais Nin

Last Friday night we had a Robert Burns Night with my parents where we read the poetry of Robert Burns (well, Nick did, but that's because he had the best Scottish accent) and had some traditional Scottish foods (but not haggis).  (that's writing related, right?)

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So hey, it's February, and so therefore we have the Plague.  David has this on again off again stomach virus at least one day every week since the end of January.   Ben & Nick have been coughing, but seem okay for the most part. Greg has been snotty & feverish and coughing for a solid week now.  I got a sinus infection three weeks ago, spent two ( Read more... )

I hate giving subject lines for these posts, especially when I'm just updating about everything.  Maybe I should go back and retitle this "More of everything" Hmm.

David has been doing a lot of scouts stuff from his book, which means that all of us have been doing a lot of scouts stuff because you can't have just one kid doing all the "fun" stuff.  ( Read more... )