Monday, January 24, 2011

odds & ends

Last week while eating lunch I was noticing the different shades of the kids' eyes, so I tried taking pics to compare.  The camera didn't capture them the way I wanted, of course, but it still makes for a kind of cool and freaky composite (kids are in age order top to bottom).
After Christmas we thought our bank account would be safe from big purchases for a while, but nooo.  The bills came in for Zach's December procedure and...Yowsa.  Then the dumb dryer decided to go on the fritz, so we forked over some moolah for a new one at the scratch-'n-dent joint this weekend.  I suppose you're ultimately pretty lucky if spending some cash makes your problems go away.  Things could be worse.  The dryer could have caught fire and exploded.  They do that sometimes apparently.  That woulda' been a bigger bummer.

Nate and I also celebrated anniversary #12 this weekend with a trip to Orchestra Hall.  We saw Mozart's opera The Magic Flute which was a bit fruity and weird but I'm no authority on the subject.

Was hoping the Jets could have pulled it off yesterday, and then bested the Packers or Bears in the Bowl.  Don't care much about the Steelers 'cept they have that one guy who's proven to be a bonehead in his personal life.   Guess there's always the commercials.

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