Did you know there's a Chicken Pox vaccine now?  Is the Chicken Pox even in other countries?  They're pretty horrible (itchy, scarring, and you can even DIE from them) and now (as of 5 years ago) there's apparently a vaccine that's supposed to prevent them.  A pretty crappy vaccine, evidently, as there were several documented cases last winter and  ( Read more... )

There were a lot of tries.  I set up the camera on a tripod and let the timer go...


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The Much Anticipated Family Reunion was this past weekend, and it came and went with much fanfare, lots of gin and tonics, a couple of Mai Tais, and some fine rum punch made by Aunt Virginia.  It was Hawaiian themed, thus all the loud floral prints.


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So.  I had a great weekend.  We took sweet friends of ours down to the cabin this weekend, and very much enjoyed the company, but they left on Saturday afternoon, and we had the rest of the weekend by ourselves.  The boys decided that the pond was warm enough to go swimming in, and stripped down to their altogether, but I won't post those nearly ( Read more... )

Netflix sent Oscar and Lucinda (1997) this weekend while we were gone.  Ironically, while we were visiting my mother she raved about how good this movie was and recommended it, and I already had it in my queue, as it turned out.  Anyway...  it's a fascinating character study, and the narration was interesting, rather like a documentary for the ( Read more... )

It's spring break and the kiddos are home...  there is not a peaceful moment to be had.  It's anarchy.

Rehearsal is wonderful.  Some parts are more wonderful than others, but overall still pretty great.  We have a set, and almost all of the props.  I'm taking the girl playing Girleen to costume her this week, she has to look horrible, so that'll be ( Read more... )