I don’t know about all of you, but I’ve already been caught off guard by news reports and footage and all sorts of other information leading up to the Tenth Anniversary. If you’re looking for local September 11th observances, The Times Union has a listing here. If you prefer to stay home, here’s a New … [Read more…]
The girls are happy. J likes her teacher, which I expected because I already knew that she was fabulous. M loves her teacher. Te first day she came home saying “She is sooooo nice.” Today she was upgraded to cool and we were regaled with exciting stories from her life. Excellent. I’m particularly grateful because … [Read more…]
The girls had a drama-free morning getting ready and setting out for school. J is familiar with her 1st grade teacher (M had her), and her BFF is in her class, so she wasn’t nervous at all. She’s been practicing her reading, so I think that she’ll just blossom into someone who can read easily … [Read more…]
I met some friends at the playground the other day. There was a bit of chat about the blog, and a few of them told me that I should explain a little bit better about Capital District Fun and Kids Out and About. So I’ll try. If you’ve been reading for a while, you might … [Read more…]
J has become a biking superstar. The other day the girls and I biked 1.8 miles each way to a playground, and that night JÂ requested more biking as part of her date with Daddy. M, meanwhile, has been wonderfully patient with the slow riding pace. Today we decided to bike to Central Park, and … [Read more…]
I mentioned that on Thursday we were preparing for clothes shopping. At the time, I’d hoped that we’d spend the morning sorting clothes and the afternoon shopping. Alas, the sorting took longer than expected, and we ended up too exhausted for a big shopping trip. We ended up taking one trip to Justice and JC … [Read more…]
I linked to a couple of places for hurricane relief, and here are a few more. A reader wrote me with this: I am a teacher in the Schalmont School District and many of our families in the Rotterdam Junction area lost everything in the flooding after Irene. The district has set up a donation … [Read more…]
Last night I said that I’d love to hear about volunteer efforts in the Capital District, and the folks at All Over Albany have some suggestions here. Also, Matt Baumgartner of Friday Puppy/Bombers/Biergarten fame, is asking for donations to help out Jumpin’ Jacks. Oh, and I forgot: I meant to link to DelSo, who just … [Read more…]
First, I always feel bad for people who have the same name as a disaster. That’s no fun. So if anyone’s in the mood for shopping for stylish, handmade, mostly-silver jewelry, check out my friend Irene’s Etsy site, Irene C Studio. So, how’s everybody holding up? Do you have power? Is your house dry? … [Read more…]
Is everybody ready for some hurricane action? At our house, we’re pretty glad that we got that new roof. Beyond that, we haven’t done much in preparation for rain and wind. Cute W always keeps us fully stocked in the flashlight-battery department, because he’s Just. That. Handy. I filled our water pitcher and brought all … [Read more…]
