A lot happened since I last posted, however.  Mason and I went down to Mankato, Minnesota, on Thursday night. We had a fun time traveling together as we always do.  We ended up stopping early for "road food" in Burnsville.  Shawn laughed pretty hard when I called from the "Old Country Buffet," given that we hadn't even managed to break the exo- ( Read more... )

The wind is howling outside, but we decided to forego dinner out to stay snuggled in under the blankets.  A good choice, I think. I'd hoped for Indian, but pizza delivered was just as nice.  Especially since it meant I didn't have to go in sleet and snow.

This morning we woke up to thunder and rain. We did venture out for breakfast at the Egg & I ( Read more... )

 ... I welcome you over to my boring corner of the world where I will catch you up on news of my birthday and the cool sale of multi-colored Christmas lights I found today at Walgreen's (only $25! For two!)

So, my birthday, right? That was last month, on the 18th, and I turned all of 48.  I should tell you, I'm really HAPPY to be 48. I know some ( Read more... )

 My birthday was phenomenal.

It started out with presents.  As I later talked to Naomi about, we're a family of impatient larks, so we always (with the exception of Christmas Eve) open presents at the crack of dawn.  Because of Mason's ridiculous school start time this means I opened my presents at 5:15 am, which is technically pre-the crack of- ( Read more... )