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After a couple days' journey up the I-5, we are home. Our deep thanks to the Lillys and the Petersons for making a vacation such a successful one. Our return trip saw extremely hot temperatures. After breakfast at Bill and Kathy's Restaurant in Dunnigan, I checked the car's temperature gauge. 122 degrees. Now that's 122 only if you're standing in direct...

Los Altos, California We took the drive down from Salem to Los Altos in two days, overnighting on Thursday in Weed, California's Motel 6. The big virtues of Motel 6 and Weed? Price and a swimming pool for the former, equidistant location for the latter. The kids bore the trip well, something for which we are quite thankful. We caught our friends Shan and...

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Some fundamentalist Christians are in a bit of a twist over the ominous 6/6/6 abbreviation of today's date. I don't know that it would make them feel any better if I said that I renounce Satan and his evil ways inasmuch as I can, given that I don't believe he exists except as a metaphor for human frailties, failures, and fascinations. Probably wouldn't...

I don't recall the last time I went a month without blogging, but it's probably in the range of January 1997, the month before I started blogging. Of course, I also don't recall a month as busy as this last one. Items meriting attention: • Elisha took her first steps yesterday. I thought it would've happened a few weeks earlier, but she just kept...

Time constraints being what they are, it has proved very difficult for me to maintain a consistent blogging schedule. While some rejoice at this prospect, others are a mite miffed at not getting their recommended daily allowance of Ty Goodness™. My apologies all around. The most important thing to know off the bat is that everybody is doing well....

Everybody is pretty much recovered from the awful week that was. Let me tell you that Norovirus stomach flu thing is not something you want to get. Haven't been that sick since I dunno when. Very happy to be over and pretty done with it. Erin returned to school on Friday, and I'll try to give soccer a go on Sunday. As usual, it's taking me longer to...

They should stick a giant Q on our front door and circle our house several times with caution tape. I got the flu bug last night, and experienced the worst vomiting episodes I've encountered in years. Erin is maybe 75 percent now, increasingly well throughout today. Jonah threw up with me last night, adding extra fun to Erin's role as Dr. Mom. Elisha,...

Hitting us hard this weekend. Erin, Jonah, and Elisha all in various stages of illness, with Elisha probably the best off of the lot. Jonah doing OK at present. Erin much improved over last night, which was as sick as I've seen her. So far, I've proved immune or lucky which is great since it's allowed me to keep things afloat. If all of us were sick, I...

Major congratulations to our friends Dave and Sue who welcomed their newest family member Claire Marie LaFrance Hemstreet (21 inches, 9 lbs, 12 oz.) on Sunday, March 26 at 7:30 am.