hello! it's new year's eve eve, so that means many preparations to do today. wish much luck, that i make it!

every new year, i teach my daughter one skill that'll be useful for life. in '07 it was potty training, '08 writing. '09 will be craps.

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getting the garden cleaned up for #NYE party.

so the girl wakes up, and the first thing she says to me isn't "good morning", she tattles on her bro. gonna be a long day.

I wish we could go to the Bay Area for New Year's. Just for something different.

how long do you let a friendship request go ignored?

the bleachers for the rose parade have been going up for a few weeks now. wondering how far along they are now.

comedy is watching the 3 yr. try to feed the 5 yr. old. she says, "but I can feed MYSELF!" and he says, "Say 'AH'."

the girl is teaching the boy the alphabet. amazing how much pull she has over him.