Last Wednesday I took Petra to the eye doctor to see if we can get to the bottom of the headaches she’s been having for the past few months. Her vision isn’t so bad, but apparently it’s bad enough to warrant giving glasses a try, so we came home with a prescription This afternoon Olof… Read More Middle child

Lucy comes to Moa’s aid, putting an end to Milo’s shenanigans:

But the rest of us are.

I’ve just spent much of the afternoon and evening working up a mock thesis outline for one of my classes, and at the moment, I confess that my overwhelming feeling is that I’m not smart enough for this. I think my brain is much more suited to memorizing facts and spitting them back out on… Read More Confidence, what’s that?

I’m not sure why some people worry every year about the “late” arrival of snow. It’s going to come. It always does. Between yesterday afternoon and this, we got multiple feet of snow. Olof was out shoveling for more than three hours, so we do have paths that will allow us to get where we… Read More Wintertime

On my way home again, after three days away. Lately I’m catching the train to the airport as late as possible, just to minimize the amount of time I’m spending here. If the coffee were better (read “cheaper”) and the seating more comfortable, it might not be so bad, but as it is, it’s not… Read More Drop-in

While the pox can’t get Yrsa down, it’s turns out that impetigo will. Gah. Antibiotics for the win.

We’ve all had so much going on lately that I can hardly keep track of what day it is, let alone grab the time to record coherently said day’s details. Every day I think that today, finally, I will sit down and add a new post, but as you may have noticed, those plans seldom… Read More Sunday

Yrsa has joined Tage and Brynja in the chicken-pox camp, but that doesn’t keep her from hamming it up for the camera.

After being out for over a week, Petra went back to school on Tuesday. Wednesday evening Tage and Brynja started looking pale and peaky, and by yesterday afternoon there was no doubt that they’d gotten a good dose of chicken pox germs from their sister. They’re both well and truly covered now, and will probably… Read More Chock full o’ pox