December 21, 2005 | Uncategorized

Thanks to my father-in-law and the beauty of powers of attorney (power of attorneys?, it is like Surgeons General, right?) Gabe and I are now the proud owners of a home in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

So, we currently own two houses. The Tampa house is “sold” but we don’t close on that house until the 30th. I don’t know if I should be thrilled or scared out of my mind. I guess I’ll stay happy and pray to the housing gods that the second closing goes as well as the first one did.

On a completely different, but equally exciting, note Claudia walked up to me, put a book in my lap and said “Read, please”. I am so glad that they like to read. I know that Gabe and I read a lot, Gabe’s Mom reads more than anyone else I know and my Mom is a library scientist but I’m still pleased that the kids got the love for book (so far anyway). The downside to that is that I had to read “Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See?” three times in a row before I forced them to choose a different book.

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Proof that Claudia eats her Cheerios with a fork:

Proof that I am teaching them something:

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December 20, 2005 | Uncategorized

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The Cats

Yes, that is my cat on top of the slide that goes into my parents pool. He jumped the safety fence and climbed right up the ladder. He stayed there until the pool guy came to balance the chemicals. When I went out to get him, he gashed my arm with his black claws.

Unbelievable. This is the same cat who climbed a ladder in to our attic and fell into the insulation once. He also bushed up on the wet paint one time when we painted the bathroom and he was a blue and grey cat until I gave him a bath.

Sid also took an accidental bath during one of the hurricanes in 2004 when we had filled the bathtub with water in case of an emergency. He forgot the whole “look before you leap” thing.

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