By Melanie on
7/28/2008 7:51 AM
July 21-27
This is Grant, the beach monkey.
Monday night is dinner guest night lately and this time we had Tyler and Sandra Large over. At this point, Tyler practically qualifies as an "old" friend because we have travelled through Europe together. Well, Scotland, anyway. When Kenny and I were dating, Johnny 99 did a tour of parts of the UK and I got to go for a week of it. Tyler was filling in for Ammon and that's how I met him. Anyway, it was a fun visit. He and Sandra are laid back people. We made Cuban chicken skewers and rice. My new favorite thing with rice is sprinkling in a generous dash of chicken boullion before turning on the rice cooker. I think it works better than cooking the rice in chicken broth.
Anyway, Tuesday m ...
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By Melanie on
7/20/2008 6:08 PM
July 12-19
I’m writing to you from the new permanent groove that my butt has made in our sofa. I sit here for hours each day, writing, writing, writing, like mad. I’m so near the end of my first novel I can taste it! Yummy!
The groove is further aided by a new addiction to other people’s blogs. There are so many cool people out there sharing useful, fascinating and thought-provoking ideas. It’s fun to peek into their brains and see what’s rattling around.
When I’m not writing, I’m thinking about writing.
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By Melanie on
7/13/2008 8:25 PM
It feels like everything has slowed way down since James left. I’m not rushing madly to pick him up from school in time or trying to remember if this is his late day because of Spanish or maybe it’s Science Club….? Never thought I’d miss that, but while I love whiling away the lazy days of summer with no schedule to speak of, I’d trade it if it meant seeing him more. Still, we’re lucky he has so much fun at his dad’s during the summer and enjoys being there.
This was a really kick back week for us. Our biggest adventure was taking Grant with us to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner on Friday. He slept through the first half of the meal but when he woke up we were ready, armed with bananas and chunks of b ...
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By Melanie on
7/9/2008 9:41 PM
We just got back last night from a long holiday weekend in Bear Lake, Utah. Kenny's parents and sister each have a home up there. Jill has the "party" house. It's a really nice model home right on the edge of the golf course with a big, bright kitchen and guests galore. There's always something going up there. Skip and Joan's house is higher up with an incredible view of the lake. It's a lot quieter but I find that peaceful. It was the perfect place to hang out and decompress.
We fly in so we can maximize the time off Kenny gets from work and then drive the three hours (sometimes less) to Bear Lake. The first time we flew with Grant over Memorial Day, Grant was a little angel on the plane. This time....not so much. It wasn't even that he cried or fussed or anything like that. It just seemed like a little wiggle worm took over his body and he had to get his hands or teeth on everything. He laughed and had a great time but he twisted like a spastic eel and drove h ...
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By Melanie on
6/29/2008 9:14 PM
So this was the first full week with Jamesie gone. Although he’s having a wonderful time in San Francisco and will have lots of adventures this summer, we miss him! Even with the house full of Grant’s giggles and happy shrieks, it’s still a little too quiet. However, we call him every other day and Kenny and I compete to see who gets to actually make the call and talk to James first. I’m sure James wishes we would just put him on speaker so he wouldn’t have to answer the same set of questions twice, but we each like to have our own time with him so he’s (barely) patient and answers everything we ask. However, he talks more the first time he answers which is why we both like talking to him first. :)
We sent him off last Saturday and then dropped Grant with my sister-in-law Jill who was ...
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