Archive for November, 2009

Wrestling Therapy

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

One of my sons went out for wrestling this year.

The middle school season is very short, so we have been attending a a lot of events with peculiar names such as duals, double duals and triangulars. As a result the term ‘triangular’ has become the CD’s new favorite word.
“I think Ethan has a triangular [...]

The Basement Diaries – Choosing a Carpet, Debating a Bar

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

We have been making some real progress in the basement lately.  We managed to put some tile down in the bathroom….

We have tried every possible configuration for a proposed bar area in the T.V. room…

And we have attempted to select some carpet using a tournament method that my children devised.
You can read the whole crazy [...]

Did I Ever Tell You How Much I Liked The Movie 17 Again???

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Under normal circumstances I don’t think I ever would have watched 17 Again starring Zac Efron and… uh… also some other people.  The movie was released some time ago and I passed it over many times without a single glance back.  It was clearly not my kind of a film as there was no damp [...]

Brilliant!

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Neimann has done it again.  Ingenious post on Fall leaves.
You don’t think you can be bothered to read it – but it is too fun to miss!  
It will make you smile the rest of the day.  
 
Thanks to Kat for bothering to leave the link.

More Madness – Leaves in a Book and Grave Photography

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

A few weeks ago I collected some leaves from the trees at work thinking I would write a post about you know… Fall leaves.…
 
 
 
 
 

I brought the leaves home and I pressed them in a book for a few days.
 
 
 
 
 
 

During the interim, I had some serious spasms of doubt about writing a post about Fall leaves….
 
 
 
 

Leaves?
Really?
I am [...]