Getting settled in, doing laundry, restocking the pantry. Discovering that while the new hot water heater has been installed, it hasn’t yet been inspected and therefore cannot actually be used. Supposedly the inspector comes tomorrow. I hope...
As I think I’ve mentioned before, Epiphany has always been as important a holiday as Christmas with my family. We go to midnight mass, have a big dinner, get stocking stuffed and gifts from Santa on Christmas; but Epiphany is when we exchange...
Dom and I had so much fun this summer meeting fellow bloggers Karen Hall and Barbara Nicolosi that once we’d finalized plans to go to Austin I thought it would be fun to organize a similar meeting with the Central-Texas bloggers I’ve...
So good to be back at home. And to a warm Massachusetts that’s about as nice as the Texas we left. (Nicer, actually, yesterday and today were both warm and muggy and this pregnant lady was distinctly uncomfortable.) Fortunately, we left the...
Just had one of the best meals of my life at Fonda San Miguel in Austin. For starters we had fried calamari, cooked to perfection, crisp outside, tender inside, not chewy at all. Also a smoked salmon tostada with cream cheese. I had a chili relleno...
Either I picked up a bit of a cold on the plane or Texas is even worse on my allergies than I remember. I’ve got a tickle in the back of my throat and stopped-up sinuses. Drugs don’t seem to be touching it. Other than that the vacation...
The way she says “Diggle, diggle” when she’s happy. No idea what it means. It seems to be just a contented noise. The way she knew how to get to the playground on our second day here. Grandad took her out the front door and she...
Finally got around to uploading some of the pictures from Christmas Day.
Opening presents with mama
The new book must be read right away
Playing with new toys
Horse and elephant
Cute cousins
Hugs and kisses
Isabella is enjoying the warm weather here in Austin. She’s been playing out in the yard, picking up pecans, waving sticks, stacking rocks and bricks in the gazebo. And my dad’s been taking her to the playground every day. She’s...
Have I mentioned Isabella’s adorable habit of saying hi to her food? “Hi, cheese!” “Hi, bread!” “Hi, crack!” (That’s “cracker” to you and me. Or, more precisely, a nutri-grain bar.) She...
