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Back to work. Our company’s gone, and Rudder’s gone too, off to Europe for work, so it’s eerily quiet in the house.The in-laws’ visit went very well. This is the longest they’ve stayed with us, over 2 weeks; normally they … Continue reading →

Two or three hours more of work, depending on whether I skip out right after my last meeting. Then I drive home, 45 minutes or so, then later tonight we drive all the way back out past work (much quicker … Continue reading →

We have turkey!! We came upon it unexpectedly in the small gourmet grocery t the bottom of the local mall, so we snapped it up. It’s a slightly strange-looking one, packed more like a piece of chicken on a styrofoam … Continue reading →

Mom got my first lace shawl, so this one is for my MIL. (I hope she doesn’t mind that it’s only a small shoulder shawl. She’s not a particularly large person.)

Thanksgiving here was pretty good; the only turkey I could find was one in a fancy box that was already roasted and stuffed and only needed reheating, with packets of gravy and cranberry sauce included. I would much rather roast … Continue reading →

That was a good, good trip. The trip home wasn’t quite as good as the trip there – which is to say it was about normal for a stupidly long trip, with normal levels of crowding instead of empty seats … Continue reading →