THE WEATHER, which was finally getting reasonable, has turned on us like a catty junior high school.girl. It rained all night last night, and then it snowed in the morning. Then it sleeted again, and snowed some more, and currently we're having a sleety, icy thunderstorm. I stayed in today, but perhaps unwisely made a playdate for tomorrow morning ( Read more... )

I'm in Illinois; I've been here for a couple of days. The past week plus was pretty wildly busy, with me trying to get ready for Finn's third birthday party (which was Saturday). My parents were coming to stay, plus my brother and his fiancee* were staying, and Hans's whole family came for the day of the party. So we had both sets of grandparents, ( Read more... )