Raspberry World

Little Cowboy

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It is hard to believe that in just an hour, it’ll be 2008. I told Marty that 2008 sounds like it should be way off in the future sometime, when we’re really old.

Oh… right.

Anyway, it’s been quite a year around here. We went from living with a baby to a [...]

Peacocks in the park – from Meriden’s holiday light display this year.

Happy holidays, everyone!

I was just looking back through my December archives over the last several years and enjoyed seeing my holiday greetings again. I’ll be posting this year’s greeting tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are the last several years’ worth:

2006 featured one of my favorite ornaments. This friendly moon didn’t make it to the tree this [...]

Reading books

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Oh man. I can’t believe tomorrow is the last working day of the year (for me). Where has this month gone?

Alex has been practicing the holiday songs. He sings along with some classic favorites – Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman, Up on the Housetop, and Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer [...]

Ready for snow

Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.

Poor little boy. Don’t they have child labor laws in this country?

Actually, despite the look on his face, Alex loves his new snow shovel. He calls it his “vovel” (like “shovel” with a “v” on the front of it) and insists on keeping it inside the house instead of [...]

Daddy’s birthday cake

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Today Alex and I went out to lunch, just the two of us. Alex was so well behaved! I was so proud of him! I just have to brag a little.

Not only was he patient and civilized, but he even put his napkin in his lap and then used [...]

Okay, okay, I got over missing the portal deadline and joined the Holidailies at Home crew.

See, I like the prestige of the portal, but if I’m honest with myself, I’ve never actually kept up and made 30 entries in December. I can’t remember the details, but I think my number of entries has fallen off [...]

Decorating the tree

Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.

Well, I missed registration for Holidailies. I actually went to the site around Thanksgiving and there was no sign of anything for 2007 – no sign ups, nothing! So I figured they weren’t doing it this year. And now I find out that registration for the portal has already [...]