Dear Mother Nature ( Read more... )

I just found out last night that my cousin is going to name her son Aloysius.

O_o

Other people named Aloysius:

St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Aloysius Lilius (better known to his friends as Luigi), an Italian scientist who created the Gregorian calendar
Various Roman Catholic priests

And my personal favorite...

Mr. Snuffleupagus!

Wow, has it really been a whole month since I last posted? More than that since I posted anything of substance. Once we went back to work after Thanksgiving time just flew by. I'm surprised I survived it all ( Read more... )

( In Remembrance )

Grampa Gianetto passed away this morning. I'm relieved to know that he's not suffering and is in a better place, and that he loved his family so much. I will just miss him a lot. The wake isn't until Sunday afternoon and the funeral is on Monday.

The last weekend before school starts up again, and it was a good one ( Read more... )

Wow, I've been derelict in my updating lately. Guess it's just been so busy I haven't had much time to get my thoughts in order and down ( Read more... )

It was an extremely busy holiday season, between working and all the family visiting and friend fun.... Here's the short version ( Read more... )

Aaron came home a day early from PA. ( Highlight of my holiday weekend )

The past couple days have been super busy. Having to work on Wednesday didn't suck too bad, the kids were relatively subdued for some reason. Of course, I had that conference after school, which went a little longer than I'd expected, so I didn't get out of work as early as I'd hoped because I still had a couple things to do before I left for the ( Read more... )