Last night we took the kids and went downtown to "Portland's Living Room"1, to watch the lighting of Portland's Holiday tree and to sing Christmas carols. J was not overly excited at the prospect because he doesn't like to sing, at all. And an evening standing in the cold, singing songs for an hour or two doesn't top his list of things to get done ( Read more... )

Yesterday we went to vaxhacker's house for swimming, bbq and fireworks. The swimming was fun, the water was warm, and the kids had a great time and probably would have swum for a couple more hours if the sun stayed up. The bbq was almost okay, and it was my fault. I overcooked the burgers and the veggie patties. The kids were quick to notice and protest ( Read more... )

So I'm listening to the song they wrote oh so many years ago to feed the starving in Africa. A line is the song goes "there won't be snow in Africa this christmas." or something very similar. HELLO its Africa, it isn't winter there in December. Of course they won't have snow on christmas, not unless the earth has been spun on its axis and the end ( Read more... )

So yesterday we were driving to my parents house, checked our favorite radio stations and were amazed to find that one http://www.literock1067.com/ has already switched over to Christmas music.

Now we like Christmas a much as the nex guy, okay maybe not as much as vaxhacker, but then he has to start thinking about christmas early as his light display is ( Read more... )