Like Father, Like Son - think about it.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Ten best songs of 2007
Here's what I listened to in 2007. Enjoy!
1. James Morrison – "Under The Influence"
2. KT Tunstall - “Saving My Face”
3. Snow Patrol – “Chasing Cars”
4. Kaiser Chiefs – “Love’s Not A Competition”
5. Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
6. Radiohead – “Jigsaw Falling Into Pieces”
7. Fall Out Boy – “This Ain’t A Scene Its An Arms Race”
8. Modest Mouse – “Dashboard”
9. Keane – “Is It Any Wonder”
10. The Killers – “Read My Mind”
1. James Morrison – "Under The Influence"
2. KT Tunstall - “Saving My Face”
3. Snow Patrol – “Chasing Cars”
4. Kaiser Chiefs – “Love’s Not A Competition”
5. Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
6. Radiohead – “Jigsaw Falling Into Pieces”
7. Fall Out Boy – “This Ain’t A Scene Its An Arms Race”
8. Modest Mouse – “Dashboard”
9. Keane – “Is It Any Wonder”
10. The Killers – “Read My Mind”
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Snow
Wow - where did all of this snow come from?
I got a call at work that daycare was going to close at 3:00 due to the weather. The snow started falling in Boston around 1:00. I left at 2, thinking that I'd get to the school around 2:15 when the boys were waking up from their naps. The Mass Pike was practically a parking lot already so I barely made it to the school by 3:00. That's right, an hour to go 4 miles!
Finally got the boys into their snow gear and left school at 3:30. The Mass Pike back into Boston the other way had been all backed up so I figured that maybe the Pike westbound might move a little faster after the toll booths, then I would circle around the south of Boston on 128. Now as I'm sitting here looking back, that was a really stupid decision on my part.
As soon as I got on the Pike it was gridlock. I had brought along Leo's favorite movie, which they watched twice by the time we got to 128. That's right, almost 2 hours to go 8 miles.
Then, once on 128, there were jacknifed trucks and stalled cars that we slowly weaved in and around as I put on the Lion King and pulled out snacks for the boys I had tucked away. We finally got home at 7:30 - a 4-hour drive in the falling snow! Might have been cut down to 2 hours if I'd gone the other way, but the boys were pretty good most of the way so I can't complain.
I got a call at work that daycare was going to close at 3:00 due to the weather. The snow started falling in Boston around 1:00. I left at 2, thinking that I'd get to the school around 2:15 when the boys were waking up from their naps. The Mass Pike was practically a parking lot already so I barely made it to the school by 3:00. That's right, an hour to go 4 miles!
Finally got the boys into their snow gear and left school at 3:30. The Mass Pike back into Boston the other way had been all backed up so I figured that maybe the Pike westbound might move a little faster after the toll booths, then I would circle around the south of Boston on 128. Now as I'm sitting here looking back, that was a really stupid decision on my part.
As soon as I got on the Pike it was gridlock. I had brought along Leo's favorite movie, which they watched twice by the time we got to 128. That's right, almost 2 hours to go 8 miles.
Then, once on 128, there were jacknifed trucks and stalled cars that we slowly weaved in and around as I put on the Lion King and pulled out snacks for the boys I had tucked away. We finally got home at 7:30 - a 4-hour drive in the falling snow! Might have been cut down to 2 hours if I'd gone the other way, but the boys were pretty good most of the way so I can't complain.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
12-5 Ten tips from last week
1. When you don't put the kids' names on their mittens at daycare, the mittens disappear.
2. When you do put the kids' names on their mittens at daycare, one mitten disappears.
3. Kohl's does not have kids' waterproof mittens.
4. If your kids use a night lite, always have extra night lite bulbs on hand - or an extra night lite.
5. When someone sets up a "quick" nature hike through the woods with the kids, first find out how long the hike is really going to be.
6. Gingerbread men somehow always end up getting their heads chewed off first.
7. When you hire a landscape company to do a Fall cleanup to get all of the leaves off your lawn, make sure it gets done before the first snowfall of the season happens.
8. Kids absolutely love the first snowfall of the year.
9. Let the kids put whatever ornaments they want on the tree - then re-arrange them while the kids are sleeping so the ornaments don't break.
10. Its easier to wrap Christmas presents when the kids are sleeping - young'uns don't understand gifts to relatives that need to be shipped weeks before Christmas.
2. When you do put the kids' names on their mittens at daycare, one mitten disappears.
3. Kohl's does not have kids' waterproof mittens.
4. If your kids use a night lite, always have extra night lite bulbs on hand - or an extra night lite.
5. When someone sets up a "quick" nature hike through the woods with the kids, first find out how long the hike is really going to be.
6. Gingerbread men somehow always end up getting their heads chewed off first.
7. When you hire a landscape company to do a Fall cleanup to get all of the leaves off your lawn, make sure it gets done before the first snowfall of the season happens.
8. Kids absolutely love the first snowfall of the year.
9. Let the kids put whatever ornaments they want on the tree - then re-arrange them while the kids are sleeping so the ornaments don't break.
10. Its easier to wrap Christmas presents when the kids are sleeping - young'uns don't understand gifts to relatives that need to be shipped weeks before Christmas.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Christmas picture
I've been wanting to take Leo and Daniel to Sears or Target to get some pictures taken - but never seemed to have the time. So, part of the reason the tree is up early was in order to take some pictures myself with the boys in front of the tree and use those as inserts for my Christmas cards. Of course, you never know if there will be one that is good enough - so you take a bunch and hope for the best.
Leo, of course, didn't want to wear the white shirt. And then, once I got them in front of the tree, Leo kept making funny faces. Kinda cute, but not anything you want to send out to all your friends and relatives. Daniel also has a nasty bruise under his left eye when he fell off a slide at school the other day, but that's easily remedied by a little photoshop.
This one turned out pretty good - captured them in between when I told them I was going to take the picture. So this is the one I'm going to use.
Leo, of course, didn't want to wear the white shirt. And then, once I got them in front of the tree, Leo kept making funny faces. Kinda cute, but not anything you want to send out to all your friends and relatives. Daniel also has a nasty bruise under his left eye when he fell off a slide at school the other day, but that's easily remedied by a little photoshop.
This one turned out pretty good - captured them in between when I told them I was going to take the picture. So this is the one I'm going to use.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Christmas Tree
So, the Christmas tree is up. Leo and Daniel were excited the past couple of days as I was preparing them for today. Both of them wanted to be my 'helpers'. So after breakfast, I got the tree out of the basement and began putting it together. Now, as artificial trees go, this one's pretty easy. But Leo still got impatient as he was demanding to be the one to put the star on top.
I finished assembling it and turned the lights on - and Leo and Daniel clapped their hands. I soon found the star in the ornament box, then both Leo and Daniel each had a turn putting the star on top (with me holding them up high so they could reach). Of course, later in the day I had to re-do the star to make sure it would stay.
We then began putting ornaments on the tree, which the boys soon got bored of, so we called it quits, got dressed, then went to the store to buy some new waterproof mittens. After lunch and naps, we visited a friend of mine, then had dinner, baths, bedtime stories, and Leo and Daniel were soon in bed asleep. That's when I finally got around to finishing the tree.
I finished assembling it and turned the lights on - and Leo and Daniel clapped their hands. I soon found the star in the ornament box, then both Leo and Daniel each had a turn putting the star on top (with me holding them up high so they could reach). Of course, later in the day I had to re-do the star to make sure it would stay.
We then began putting ornaments on the tree, which the boys soon got bored of, so we called it quits, got dressed, then went to the store to buy some new waterproof mittens. After lunch and naps, we visited a friend of mine, then had dinner, baths, bedtime stories, and Leo and Daniel were soon in bed asleep. That's when I finally got around to finishing the tree.
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