Best V-Day gift ever: Aaron came home, handed me a bar of Toblerone, and took took the cranky, sick kid out for French fries. (The only food we know without a doubt he won't turn down. Gotta get some calories into the kid today.)

What with all the excitement of a sick household all week, it wasn't until a few minutes ago that I said to Aaron, "Oh, by the way--happy anniversary." We'd both completely forgotten ( Read more... )

It's been a really long and difficult week, but we are all back on track here chez Lanterman. Z is no longer sick, his diaper rash is getting better, and I am no longer feeling so much mommy FAIL ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned I have the best husband in the world? I certainly had the best husband in the room today, at any rate. Of course, there were only three, but I bet if there'd been more, he'd still have ranked right up there. Why ( Read more... )

I have the best husband, ever. That is all.

That wretched night shift made me feel like I hadn't seen my husband in two days. Sunday I'd been out all day (and he'd been sick), and when I got home I immediately went to sleep--in the upstairs bedroom, no less, so I wouldn't disturb him! He was still up when my alarm went off at 1:30, but I had to stumble around getting the IP phone and ( Read more... )

Recently unearthed lost footage of the Lanterman wedding:

Click here for never-before-seen-footage of siliconchef with short hair, dancing the Virginia Reel.

You won't believe your eyes!

(7MB download -- larger version here, but warning, it's 42MB!)

When you make a reservation on line for Ruth's Chris Steak House, there's a little drop-down menu where you can indicate if it's a special occasion. So when we arrived last night for dinner, everybody in the restaurant knew it was our anniversary. When we checked in with the hostess, she looked up our reservation and wished us a happy anniversary ( Read more... )

I just got an IM from the front desk here at the office: "You have a little package up here." With a smiley, no less ( Read more... )