Posting from my diary (all grammatical/spelling errors left in). Sarah, age 11: Dear Diary, Today was pretty straight forward exapt for tonight at 5:00 sharp I’m going to a Mother Daughter Banquet. But my dad was 15 min. late bringing the car home. When we arrived there we sat at a table with Denise, Kim [...]

Taken at the end of a very indulgent day. We started with massages. And then it was SUSHI! Followed by shopping. Alison met up with us and we headed to the movies to see “Sex in the City”. That done, we had to of course head for drinks. The boys met up with us; Alison [...]

Dooce told me to Google “doormat”. And, as I always do, I did what I was told. One of the links near the top of the list had a very clever ambigrammic offering. Of course you would have to know who was coming to visit to be sure you had the mat in the relevant [...]

From a newly re-discovered diary. Sarah, age 10: Dear Diary, I was at Heather’s House last night. We snuck (bought) candy from the store, Saturday & Today. We bought (Sat.) 5 rasberries (each) 1 coke bottle candy (each) 1 wiggly worm (each) & 5 sours (each). On Sunday we bought 10 rasberries (each) 2 coke [...]

Duncan bought me this t-shirt from thinkgeek.com. I think it’s actually more Sue than me. But I’m on my way.

Nugget came over for a play date with Kip. She was pretty excited – raced through her walk in case Nugget was early. When he arrived, they spent the first hour or so running around the house – dining room, living room, hall, kitchen – an endless circle. Nugget did most of the running – [...]