The fam and I are headed to the big island of Hawaii' in early December. Finances are tight so I cannot bring home a ton of souvenirs for all but if you know you want a thing and j can get it and bring it back, I will be happy to take your money and be your courier ( Read more... )

Work... Day 2 back to work after most of a week off has been fractured, but quite nice ( Read more... )

... Huh. I didn't expect this list to go so long. Ah well.  Have a glorified bullet list ( Read more... )

( Days 3-6 )

I realized today that I've been so otherwise occupied, I've not really read LJ since Saturday. So, I'll just add to new data, then go back to previously written data.

First the drains

• Big social at the house (prep, doing, recovery) -- good fun, but also work.
• quiet_elegance's mom visiting for a long weekend.
• Flu shot making me borderline ill.
• Busy at work.
• Needing ( Read more... )

I got to go to EOS for a few hours! It was great! Having the elder of the Wex kids on hand for my first hour there made a huge difference. I had hoped to have a team of teens to keep the kid busy, but sadly I didn't connect with my other two most likely candidates. But with lovely adults like drwex, lifecollage and spinrabbit around, I got in a few extra conversations ( Read more... )

So, I'm planning ahead for the EOS party this weekend. I'm bringing The Crime Fighter, and given the weekend we just had, I would like to line up some backup for me to keep him busy so I can actually have Adult Conversations for more than 10 seconds at a time.
Ideally, I'd like a few teenagers* to tag-team it out so everyone can still have fun. I ( Read more... )

I need to be quick because bedtime is coming up faster than not, so quick list of things:
+Arlington town day
+ Fried dough and Indian food at lunch, not in that order
+Waltham town day: the Saturday household (which includes asciikitty) went to see the carpenters build toolboxes with kids. It was the best part of the event. Arlington's day is way ( Read more... )

- Got a cold, eventually shared it with Crime Fighter and eventually purple_terror.
+ Attended barodar's wedding, had a great time
- Kidlet ran out of cope half way back from Mosaic and serenaded the kind ride-giving childless friends with inconsolable howls. 
+ Celebrated Father's Day with QE: a picnic at Spy Pond Park with entrope and family
- Lost my bike helmet... or it was ( Read more... )

I got to go to Kemp park with Crime Fighter this afternoon. That place is amaaaaaaazing. We hung out with primal_pastry,red_canna and their kids. RC's middle boy, P, was very sweet and played with Crime Fighter in the water. The baby was all: "OMG, this water thing is so. cool. Everyone should try it. Also, possibly sample the maple seeds and the wood chips and the sand ( Read more... )