Posted by Katherine on December 8th, 2007
Today Pat and I are going to meet up with one of my coworkers and her family at the local Christmas parade. I am not quite sure what to expect, having never been to a Christmas parade before. Really to me, it feels like Christmas should have come already. At work we have been getting ready for it since August. And the day after Thanksgiving was such a big deal, now it almost feels like things are winding down. Sure the store is still really crowded, but everything Christmas is marked down and next week we start getting shipments of spring merchandise… Christmas is over before it has begun!
We have been having very cold weather lately. Two nights in the twenties and yesterday I had to scrape a thick sheet of ice off my windshield for the first time this season. Oddly enough it is supposed to be 75 degrees on Monday and Tuesday. I am still not used to the weather down here.
I have started feeling Ted kick. Very surreal. Even after months of morning sickness, ultrasound photos, and a rapidly expanding waistline, it doesn’t feel real that we will have an actual baby around here in April. The kicking and punching going on inside is definitely making it feel more and more like there really is an actual infant in there.
Zoe has been climbing all over me like a mountain goat lately. She insists upon sitting directly on my belly. Maybe it is less mountain goat, more mother hen trying to hatch an egg. I wonder if it is the warmest spot around or if she somehow knows there is somebody in there.
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Posted by Patrick on November 29th, 2007
Thanksgiving
Unlike last year’s Thanksgiving madness, our second North Carolinian Thanksgiving was refreshingly laid back. We spent it with Kate, Peter, Andy and their family. It was a fun time, and we were well fed. Later on in the day, DJ stopped by Rockland-Ave for some holidayish eats. We also played a favorite game, just like the first Thanksgiving.
BossTones
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are getting back together. This brings me great joy. They’re only playing in New England around the holidays, which brings me great sadness. I saw this band many times back in the day and it was always a good time. Does that make me old? Being a fan of a band, seeing the band break up, and then getting excited about them getting back together years later? Yeah that kind of sounds old.
Homeowners Association
Tonight I went to the our Homeowner’s association meeting. It consisted of some food, seeing a few familiar neighbors, and about 30 people essentially shouting get off my lawn at each other and at the HOA/developer people. It went from a crowd of calm, recently fed people and became a slightly disgruntled mob. No chairs were thrown thankfully, but it was unpleasant and I left. I feel torn about the whole homeowners association thing. One part of me wants to know that I have some recourse when a neighbor paints their house plaid and puts several unregistered Camaro’s on their lawn, but that part of me is in conflict with the part of me that despises rooms full of shouting people. Luckily I think these meetings are only once a year.
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Posted by Patrick on October 31st, 2007
So tonight was our first Halloween as homeowners (last year, you’ll recall, we were in our in-between apartment). Five, five bags of candy we had, all gone in just over an hour of non-stop doorbell ringing! At one point we had overflow off the front porch, and a posse of kids and parents out on the lawn.
We had to do the unthinkable and go dark on Halloween.
All lights out and the shades drawn. Very sad, but it’s hard to estimate just how many kids will come to your door, dressed as super-heroes and princesses, demanding sugar. Previous years at the old Rockland-Ave found us on the third floor of an apartment, so we really didn’t have any experience with trick-r-treater estimation.
Next year we’ll have to stock up, and possibly with generic candy.
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Posted by Patrick on October 13th, 2007
I think I’m just now feeling caught up from last weekend. You can see some of the close-to-200 photos from my sister’s wedding here. The ceremony and reception were great.
Digital camera’s are completely sweet. Sometimes I forget about the amount of time involved with the whole film process… trying to make sure each shot was perfect (so as not to waste film), the sound of a 35 mm camera rewinding it’s film at a social event, and going with mom to the Fotomat hut. Of course, now I spend an inordinate amount of time backing up .jpg files.
Be sure to check out Kate’s mom’s website as well, she’s a photo-posting-fool.
Today I got up after Kate did, made some breakfast and read the paper while Kate surfed potential registry websites (besides grandfather-to-be favorite H-D.com). Right now Kate is checking out the real estate listing for the house next door to us which just went on the market.
I should be doing freelance work now… but the allure of Saturday morning laziness is strong.
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Posted by Katherine on October 8th, 2007
Last week was a busy week. We acquired two new family members!
Jack. The most adorable nephew in the history of the universe.
Josh. A very welcome new brother-in-law.
It was a whirlwind trip up north. We had lots of fun. The wedding was perfect. Jack is perfect. Wish we could have stayed up there longer.
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