photos - Growing Old Disgracefully

How I brought in 2007

Published on January 1 2007

Yakking on the phone. Figures.

Me and my gangsta daughters on Christmas Day..... One day, sometime in the future, I will get a photo of the three of us in which we all look good. No gangsta signs, no crossed eyes, no CLOSED eyes, no drool.... I swear, if I have to pay for it I will...

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post-shopping (tgid*) dinner

Published on December 23 2006

(*tgid= "Thank God it's DONE") The best thing---nay, the ONLY good thing about Christmas shopping on the VERY LAST SHOPPING DAY BEFORE THE HOLIDAY is the Chinese Buffet at the end. I had my shoes off underneath the table....ahhhhhh, heaven..... Santa's...

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Meet Adrian

Published on December 9 2006

My "Grandson", Adrian Abyss. The first boy child in our family. Isn't he just adorable? Such a sweet little guy... hey, I'm allowed to get googly over my grandson, right? He's only here for the weekend, but he is making his presence....umm...known. Yes,...

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A (fast)walk in the park

Published on November 30 2006

Last day of November, with winter coming on fast--proof was the slightly below zero windchills this afternoon. Trust me, my three-miler went a little more quickly than usual today, even with stopping to take a few pictures. Click to make 'em bigger: {...

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Mmmmmmmmm.....With Video Links!!

Published on November 17 2006

There are a lot of very satisfied Seger fans in Wisconsin right now, and yes.... I'm one of them. And you'll have to excuse the lousy, blurry picture--we had floor seats, but we were far enough back to render flash on a little pocket camera completely...

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small accomplishments

Published on November 9 2006

Well, I had to do something today besides sit around in my pajamas blogging, right? So I finished binding off my very first shawl. I finished the knitting awhile back, but I hate binding off knits as much as I hate binding my quilts. So, here it is, looking...

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Presented without comment

Published on November 4 2006

She's gonna kill me. The very first thing my newly-of-legal-alcohol-consuming-age child purchased was NOT a beer. For shame.

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October B-days

Published on October 28 2006

No, our daughters were not supposed to have had birthdays three days apart. We did not plan it that way; but #2 child had other ideas about being a Christmas baby. As a result, I am lucky enough to have my two girls with birthdays near mine. And here...

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snow showers

Published on October 23 2006

It's kinda fun, having a cameraphone. (Yeah, yeah, I know....but I'm just barely into the 90's here, let alone the twenty-first century. Give me a break for being slow.) I lug the phone around everywhere anyway, trying to decide if I'm ready to completely...