Tag: family
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 3
Construction continues to progress nicely. The goal is to finish the exterior framing by the end of this week, so that weather will not impact the work going forward. (Of course, if we do have a significant snowstorm, no one is going to be able to get to our house to do any interior work,…
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Protected: Peipei’s birthday party
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 2
We got a tour of the structure that’s been framed on the right side of the house over the weekend (I know—it’s kind of strange to get a tour of your own house, but we haven’t wanted to be overly neurotic about the renovation–just normally neurotic). The 3rd garage bay is in good shape, and…
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Christmas in Hawaii
We spent Christmas in Hawaii this year as a more pleasant alternative to being the mole family. And it was so much fun that we are seriously considering making this an annual tradition. It was 80 degrees every day with occasional rain (but who cares about 10 minutes of rain when it’s 80 degrees outside?). …
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The Mole Family
I am digressing from describing our charitable organizations to say that we will be living in our basement for the next few months as our house is being renovated. (“Few months” is set at 3 by our contractor and 6 by us.) My theory is that we will either become incredibly tight as a family…
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Recovering From Family (not that I don’t love them!)
Thanksgiving is a holiday that we try to celebrate in the spirit that it was intended (no, not the Native Americans rescuing the Pilgrims and then getting destroyed by disease) but the spirit of gratitude and thankfulness. This year, the celebration was a lot of fun. We went to the Inn at Little Washington with…