Monthly Archives: November 2009

In the winter of 1997 I got myself into the seriously great situation…

…of playing catch with the guy that I’d been chasing.  This was a major score in my attempts to get Jared’s attention.  We tossed a football back and forth for a lot longer than I had ever done before in my life.  It was the perfect set up.  I had all of his attention and...

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The many uses of skivvies

Winfield has been fascinated by backpacks lately.  Anything that he can strap onto his 2 shoulders is an instant backpack.  Yesterday I heard some yelping from the other room.  When I went to check on him he’d wrangled himself into this makeshift backpack and couldn’t get out.

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We have a pet!

WIth all of this gorgeous weather we’ve had our doors open a lot.  Needless to say, we now have a fly in the house, which annoys the kids quite a bit.  And if you know anything about Henderson reflexes this fly is going to enjoy a long happy life indoors until it dies of old...

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Look quick! I had time to take about 7 pictures before…

…Winfield refused to have any relationship with his Moses wig.  I’m finally getting around to posting some pix.  Win asked to be Moses for Halloween.   I found him a Moses wig and Jared snatched a staff from the woods while we were hiking.  We improved the rest of the costume the hour before the halloween...

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A last hurrah (probably)

The 60 degree weather beckoned us to Mt Pisgah this evening.  We have a little tradition of packing a picnic and driving out there on nice days.  We climb the 200+stairs and dine at the top, overlooking Lake Michigan on one side and Lake Macatawa on the other.  It’s a really nice view.  Then we...

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Can I have some parasite?

Yesterday, at the farmers market, I bought some cider made from pears.  Win is having a hard time remembering what to call it.  He keeps asking me for some “parasite.”

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