I got hardly any sleep last night, as the girls tag teamed us, constantly getting out of bed and demanding we either let them sleep in our bed, or that we go to their beds.[…]

The girls woke up early today and played backgammon together, and Destroyer won, which La Serpiente seemed delighted with, especially as Destroyer didn’t get angry when La Serpiente took any of her counters. That let[…]

The rain, the rain … It was just a little too dark and wet today. Occasionally the sound of rain would abate for a moment or two and you’d think it had stopped, before the[…]

This was a mixed sort of day; I applied for a new role in the company, taking on more responsibility and going deeper into some work, and got an email at six this morning saying[…]

Destroyer jumped up and down on the bean bag in the toy room today, as she so enjoys doing, but bounced off and smacked the back of her head hard enough to get a big[…]

For weeks now, La Serpiente has been asking for a Hatchimals Pixie Flyer, and I’m so glad we paid attention and bought her one early, because otherwise we could have been in a situation where[…]

Today, after calling home to wish my father a happy birthday, I took the girls to Carkeek Park for a walk. It was cold and foggy today, but they scampered around, running down the trails[…]

I had to get a test for glaucoma today, so I drove down to Seattle to the Nordstrom Medical Tower and went to the twelfth floor. There was the usual peering through small holes while[…]

Today I finally put some lights up on the front of our house. That required buying a 50′ extension cable to run from the power outlet at the back of our house, round to the[…]

It was a wet and gloomy day when I woke up, and so taking the girls on their daily commute was a trial, but I got back home, lit my candle and settled down for[…]