March 2nd, 2010

So, I had big plans to blog while I was away from home – I even took my camera and fresh batteries.  Yeah, the camera never got used once.  All those cute pictures of my niece Kate – you’ll just have to imagine (or go see her parents’ blog – Weston & Erin).  Not to mention the pictures of the snow storm, or my younger son on one of his rages, or my daughter with her amazing block castle…  All those great memories, NOT captured for all time. Anyhow – two weeks ago I packed our Pathfinder with: two kids, aged 9 and 10 three duffles full of clothes (including a few grocery bags of mending – I did do ONE constructive thing at my parent’s home) two laptop computers (one is mine, one is a really old one my brother Alex passed on to us – loaded up with all the old kids games that...