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Settle in, it’s gonna be a long one. First up we have Saturday night. We go to the Easter Vigil mass, which begins late – about 8:30 or 9 depending on the date. This year it started at 9pm. It goes late, nearly to midnight, but it’s my favorite mass of the year. That’s not…
I’m in the kitchen working on dinner when Ciárán comes through on his way outside to play in the back yard. As he walks through the door he turns around and says, “What if every time you say ‘No way, José!’ some guy named José popped up and said ‘Oh, man!’” And with that he…
I recently finished ripping my music – well, most of it. My general “A-Z” stuff has been converted to MP3 with most of my soundtracks and collections as well as the classical music still waiting. There are a few random CDs that didn’t make it, such as a Robert Plant CD that simply refuses to…
Spring is here, and you know what that means. Unpredictable weather. At least in Seattle. Sunday was nice so we went to the playground. August proceeded to get stuck going over an area of the play structure in a manner he shouldn’t have. Oh well. At least the other kids behaved themselves. …
I stopped collecting concert ticket stubs a long time ago. A couple of my autographed ones have long since vanished, unfortunately, and with e-tickets and such, the importance of them have diminished. As such I have gone through and discarded most, if not all of them (though I am sure there is yet another stack…
What a year it has been. You’ve had a rough year of it. Turning 21 is supposed to be a milestone, a sort of arbitrary signalling of full adulthood. Boy did that not work out. Let’s not get too much into the whole “college” issue. Having to move out and find your own place as…
*WHACK* “Xavier is crying.” That may not be what she said but that’s what I heard. As I woke up (after being hit) I realized our youngest child was in our room and not doing so great. It was a little before 1am. Turns out he was scared. Of what I don’t even think he…
Saturday was my daughter’s first competition in Irish Step Dance – a competition known as a Feis (pronounced ‘fesh’). Here she is a little before her first event getting the feel for the stage with one of her classmates. . Her first event was a reel. Then it was on to a jig (and I’ll…
I don’t have time to do the write-up of the Music Monday post I had planned. Actually I’m sort of swamped with a lot of “real life” things that are preventing me from spending as much time in front of the computer as I would like. One thing that hasn’t changed is my love of…
A week ago I mentioned the kids had a long weekend the week previous and Friday we went to the Aquarium. I alluded to other events that would take place the Monday of the long weekend and here are those pictures. Here is August before: and here is August after: Yes, he got his braces…