The Haps, Fall Edition

The Haps, Fall Edition
Things that I’ve been doing in the last month or so, since we returned from New York: 1) I finished writing about our trip! I haven’t had time to proofread yet, so please don’t criticize my spelling too much. 2) We hosted a baby shower for Wendy and Amelia. Everything was rainbow-colored, Shawn did a fabulous job of decorating, and ...

Canadians Love Bits.

Canadians Love Bits.
ITEM ONE: My New Orleans travel journal is done. It’s not proofread yet; that’s a lot of work. We learned a lot of awesome things in New Orleans, but most important is this: Gangstas do what they want, suckas do what they can. ITEM TWO: Camping was awesome. For some reason Wendy and Amelia had the entire tick population of ...

Spring! 3

Spring!
It was proper going-outdoors weather this weekend and it’s supposed to be 80 tomorrow (80!!!), so I think it’ll be spring for a week or so until summer happens. Right now it’s pouring, which is fine because it makes our yard happy. So we went to New Orleans for six days, and it was fantastic. I’ve always liked that city ...

The Best Ideas Come from Camping.

The Best Ideas Come from Camping.
Matt and I formalized these plans the other night while sitting by the campfire: Go to the Keys in a couple weeks. Go to Puerto Rico and a bunch of other islands in February next year. Go to New Orleans or somesuch in the spring/fall dead zone when it’s not actually pleasant in Minnesota, since we have a voucher to ...