Yesterday was one of those really nice days with my family. We got up and got ready for the day, then headed to the Mall of America so the kids and J could go on the Ghostly Gangplank. Ghostly Gangplank is a ropes course attraction — it’s four stories of wires, ropes, and wobbly bridges. [...]
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Some days, I get stuff done. Things I have done in the last two days: Helped the kids clean — really clean — the basement play room. Which they have started calling the rec room, for reasons passing understanding. But we got it clean enough to vacuum, which happens about twice a year. Shelved all [...]
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1. Over at Fantastic Fangirls, Caroline has a great post about Matt Fraction’s writing on Iron Man. I can only second her praise for this book. 2. Thanksgiving was lovely — not the actual driving to Chicago and back parts, though those were not terrible, but the seeing family parts. My nieces keep growing! 3. [...]
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One of the things I love about my partner, J., is how we move furniture together. This is not cutesy or trivial. We move furniture together really well. By which I mean we spend a lot of time laughing at the absurdity and difficulty of the tasks we are attempting to perform. Witness today’s effort: [...]
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