Week 41

Friday, October 8, 2010
On a critiquing roll. We might actual get 

through our books by the end of the month.

Saturday, October 9, 2010
An impromptu ferry ride with friends,

eating lunch in the rain. Can’t beat it!

Sunday, October 10, 2010
A fun morning singing with a great group of guys.

Monday, October 11, 2010
Taxi? Anyone need a taxi-driver 

because I sure feel like one.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Where did my sweet natured, laid back two year old go? 

He’s been replaced by a head strong, 

temperamental almost three-year-old.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The parents are back in the country. 

Three plus weeks is too long 

for them to be gone!

Thursday, October 14, 2010 

Thank goodness for our Indian summer 

and the chance to keep running 

those boys at the park!

Week 40

Friday, October 1, 2010
The almost five-year-old is smitten 

with a little girl in his class. Is he old enough?

Saturday, October 2, 2010
Laughing with old friends at old stories—you can’t beat it!

Sunday, October 3, 2010
Chilly and gray outside—no wonder 

it’s 4:30 in the afternoon and I still can’t wake up.

Monday, October 4, 2010
“Mommy, seriously, if you turn on Star Wars, 

I’ll give you fifty bucks!” says the almost five year old. 

“For real.”

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Check out lapommedeportland. 

Beautiful to look at—beautiful to eat. 

Photo by Carrie Cook Minns

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Runny nose, runny nose, go away. 

Come back some other day . . . 

actually, don’t come back.

Thursday, October 7, 2010 

The operator must be smarter than 

the machine she is trying to outwit.

Week 39

Friday, September 24, 2010
We have hired the “Click and Clack” 

of the plumbing world to help us fix our pipes! 

They are hilarious.

Saturday, September 26, 2010
Good friends, good food, good wine 

with kiddo chaos tossed in for fun. 

The perfect inauguration of our newly restored kitchen pipes.

Sunday, September 26, 2010
A lazy day (with running water)!

Monday, September 27, 2010
I seriously don’t know how to dress for this weather.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010
It’s good to have friends who motivate you to 

run faster than you thought you could!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010
My two and a half year old is confused. 

He’s singing the lyrics of “Bob the Builder” 

to the tune of “Come Together”. 

John Lennon is rolling over in his grave.

Thursday, September 30, 2010
For a fall day, it sure is beautiful. 

(Don't tell the weatherman.)

Week 38

Friday, September 17, 2010
I’m done! I’m done! I’m done! WHOO-HOO, I’m done! 

Maybe I should crack the coffee-pot more often.

Saturday, September 18, 2010
Number 507. Check.

Sunday, September 19, 2010
I swam. I biked. I ran. Now I sleep.

Thanks for being my partner in crime, Rocio!

Monday, September 20, 2010
Is it over? Really? Months of prep work, 

and now the moment is history.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
We were supposed to have out of town family over for dinner,

but our kitchen pipes had a different plan.

Let's not wait another fifteen years, Michele.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Patrick and I watch the water pouring through our ceiling 

with dread and $ in our eyes. 

The boys, on the other hand, 

can’t stop bouncing off the walls with excitement—

power tools, plumbers, flashlights, ladders.

Thursday, September 23, 2010 

Commuting dishes down the hall 

to the bathroom sink is getting old.

Week 37

Friday, September 10, 2010
I’m constantly disappointed when “Friday” 

doesn’t act like a “Friday”.

Saturday, September 11, 2010
Cooking up a couple of dozen “green eggs” 

for a Dr. Seuss celebration!

Sunday, September 12, 2010
An afternoon with beautiful women, 

clothes, and wine—aahhh.

Monday, September 13, 2010
I’ve decided I LOVE football season. 

The boys have discovered the big screen in the man-cave 

and I get the entire top floor to myself! 

Go football, go!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
It was standing room only, 

as everyone crowded in with visions of being a writer.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The last big push before Sunday.

Thursday, September 16, 2010 

The coffee pot cracked this morning. 

I hope it’s not a sign of how the 

rest of the day is going to roll.

Week 36

Friday, September 3, 2010
Head bent at the kitchen table,
the two and a half year old quietly says to me after preschool,
“I sad. I miss you t’day.” Talk about twisting the knife in the heart.

Saturday, September 4, 2010
Is it five o’clock yet? I need a drink. 

Sunday, September 5, 2010
My finger is itchin’ to turn the heat on in the house.

Monday, September 6, 2010
Huff . . . puff . . . I made it. One down. One to go.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
It’s Tuesday. It feels like Monday. And I keep thinking it’s Wednesday.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The hours between the school drop-off and
pick-up feel like they’re half of what they’re supposed to be.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Rain is not conducive for this city girl

to entertain active boys outside.

Week 35

Friday, August 27, 2010

Note to self: 

When running in unfamiliar territory, 

DO NOT divert from planned route, 

otherwise your 4 mile run becomes 6.

Saturday, August 28, 2010
A quietness settles over the car 

as we pull out of grandma and grandpa’s driveway — 

a week of fun had by all. 

Sunday, August 29, 2010
It really shouldn’t be this hard. 

It shouldn’t take me a month and a half 

to post my blog entries.

Monday, August 30, 2010
The last official day with a family treasure . . . Mar. 

Tuesday, August 31, 2010
“Did you hear me?” I ask my almost five-year-old. 

He replies while playing legos, “Yeah.” 

Pause. “Well, I heard you talking.”

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
How is it possible that they are both big enough 

to be going to school? 

Thursday, September 2, 2010 

I feel like the live-in maid.