Category Archives: kids

Pleasant daddy son time

Posted on January 29, 2010 by owner

Due to some technical issues, my latest chess set *cough*glowing pieces*cough* won’t be ready in time for tomorrow’s home show.  It’s a shame because I think it would have made an awesome showcase piece, but hey,  schtuff happens. Given my … Continue reading →

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So what do I do here?

Posted on January 8, 2010 by owner

I have a little one in my town’s school system and as part of him being in school, we signed up pretty much every method of contact we have with the school’s “One Call Now” system.  This is, in theory, … Continue reading →

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The experiment and crabs

Posted on December 12, 2009 by owner

Last weekend I tried a little experiment.   Sales have been horrid this season despite plenty of “very pretty”, “how creative”, “wow, what an art” type comments and plenty of people looking.   But I’ve seen people debate a fairly … Continue reading →

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It’s the little things

Posted on December 4, 2009 by owner

Tonight I had a short, 2.5 hour show.  It’s one I’ve done the past couple of years and it’s actually one of my favorites.  See, this one’s in an elementary school and it’s mostly for the kids to do some … Continue reading →

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A taxing new trend

Posted on October 1, 2009 by owner

I don’t know how I missed this, but there’s a new bit of taxation going on here in Taxachusetts, local based restaurant and hotel taxes. Over the summer the state raised the sales tax to 6.25%.  This is kind of … Continue reading →

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Anniversary weekend

Posted on September 13, 2009 by owner

Sorry, folks but this is a long post.  Grab a cup of coffee and cozy up to the fire for story time. It was certainly a lovely weekend.   G and I were able to leave the kids at grandma’s … Continue reading →

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Instilling personal responsibility in the kids

Posted on September 10, 2009 by owner

Our oldest has started earning an allowance here around the house.  He gets $4 a week to help feed the cats at night, put away the silverware after we run the dishwasher, make his bed as asked, and just generally … Continue reading →

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Toilet Training

Posted on February 6, 2009 by owner

I wanted to toss a post out there to say I’m extremely proud of my little 3 yo doobie.  At the beginning of the week we decided to take a more agressive stance with the toilet training efforts and they’ve … Continue reading →

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