You know you’re a blended family when….

S here, and tomorrow E has her sinus surgery. The general surgery instructions from the doctor’s office said that she should bring along an eyeglass case with her name on it. So I immediately started thinking, “E doesn’t have any cases with her name marked on them, but we’ve got a case that [...]

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Tales of the City

S here, trying to capture the essence of our recent trip to San Francisco, without writing 17 paragraphs and uploading all 161 photos from our vacation.
The brief summary: in 6 days, we visited Alcatraz, Pier 39, the Aquarium by the Bay, the Exploratorium and Palace of Fine Arts, Crissy Field and the [...]

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Inside a boxspring

For those of you who have ever wondered exactly how a boxspring mattress is constructed, here’s what the inside looks like; our boxspring has a tear on part of the fabric cover, so it’s easy to stick the camera inside to show you. See? Metal rails, narrower metal connectors, felt, cloth, wood, etc. [...]

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A little update on our boy

S here; we’ve been doing a lot of cat-related posts lately, because frankly the cat is a lot cuter and funnier than most of the other stuff going on in our lives right now. (You don’t really want to hear about E’s sinuses, or the moldy bathroom, or the bees infesting the shutters, do [...]

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