Two days in a row! (Remember yesterday? Probably not.  Go read it. I’ll wait.) Today is my brother Sam’s 40th birthday.  Happy birthday, Sam!  40?!  Wow.  Here’s a song for you from another birthday boy: Sam says it’s his birthday. Well, it’s Paul’s birthday, too. Happy birthday to Paul McCartney!  The fine Sir Paul turns [...]

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It’s a big day.  This is what we looked like ten years ago today:   From left: Mama, Rachel, Miriam, Granny, and me.  Ooh boy. Don’t we look happy?  Of course we were.  We were at Rachel and Eitan’s wedding! Dancing the night away.  Eitan looks like he’s contemplating his future. Happy tenth anniversary, #1 [...]

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Oy! Not that Six. No!  This guy turns six today! Not a recent picture of the boy. Happy birthday to the northern nephew, who is known as Mowgli here on the blog.  I can’t believe he’s six.  The kids are growing up so fast; pretty soon, I can just ask them to consent to posting [...]

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Happy birthday to my youngest niece! The Duck turns three today! She’s not really a duck. But she is a sweet, funny, fantastic little girl. I’m sad that I won’t see you today, youngest niece…but I’ll see you tomorrow! I love you!

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Hi Mom,   Happy Mother’s Day!  A day late.  I know I got you a card and wished you a happy Mother’s Day in person, but still.  I have a blog.  Bloggers should be writing something on their blogs for their mothers.  On time.  But instead, what did I do? Nothing this adorable, I assure [...]

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Happy birthday, Miriam!  My sister Miriam turns 32 today.  She’s my twin sister, of course, so that means today is my 32nd birthday, too.  That’s how it works when you’re identical twins.  Do you think we look alike? Let’s get together, yeah, yeah, yeah! Miriam and I exchanged gifts on Wednesday night, mostly because she [...]

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That’s when I was in Toronto!  I went to visit the northern nieces and nephew (and their parents).  I had a great drive up on Saturday and got such a nice greeting when arrived at their house!  We had lots of good times, which included such things as a visit to Claire’s for many pairs [...]

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Holy crap.  It’s been weeks since I updated my blog.  I know you’ve been checking everyday and thinking WTF?  Me too.  I’ve also been thinking about winning the future!  No, that’s not what WTF stands for here.  I mean, you’ve been thinking about waffling the fries.  Go to 1:10 for waffle fry goodness. Okay, let’s [...]

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