Our First Anniversary
We are celebrating our first anniversary in our new house. Lots has happened in the past twelve months; we said goodbye to Chester and hello to Penny, we celebrated all the occasions, experienced all the seasons and we are still speaking to each other. We survived the downstairs renovation and the moving of the palm […]
3’s a Breeze – A Pox Upon the House
Upstairs: In sickness and in health Approximately 36 hours ago my mother-in-law (MIL) started to come down with a cold. It had the usual markers of a seasonal cold; cough, sneezing, sinus congestion, etc. Although she is living upstairs with us right now, she has tried to keep her germiness to herself. Alas, this morning […]
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My neighbors upstairs have been away this past week – they left me in charge of their charges while they were gone. We’ve gotten along swimmingly, these charges and I (for the most part). Well… maybe not exactly swimmingly, the actual swimmer in the house has been missing in action for a few days. Steve, the swimmer, […]
3’s A Breeze – The Evidence is Mounting
Upstairs I’m starting to believe that my mother-in-law is a dog-snatcher. Let’s review the evidence. Some of you may remember one of our first blogs about “Snow” the pitbull, who my mother-in-law had “saved” from wandering in traffic just outside our home. Some key elements to consider; she was on her way to Costco when […]
3’s a Breeze – Roommates
Downstairs Nobody asked Steve if he wanted a roommate they just dropped George in and expected things to go swimmingly. Nobody considered guys like Steve generally keep to themselves. Steve has always been a solitary man – or at least he was until George showed up – Siamese fighting fish aren’t famous for their hospitality. Steve has […]
3’s A Breeze – True Confessions
Downstairs I generally fess up when I make a mistake – not that I’ve had to do it often but if one is willing to take credit when credit is due they should be equally willing to face the music when things go south. So I did. I took responsibility and the knocks and cleaned up after […]
3’s A Breeze – The Wrong Side of the Door
Downstairs Penny has decided Fergus’ life upstairs is far superior to hers below decks. It was bound to happen I guess, within moments of arriving at her new house Penny discovered she’d pulled the short straw – she sniffed around her new backyard and followed her nose right up the back stairs, through an open […]
3s A Breeze – Palms Away!
Downstairs My son-in-law made an unusual call for help the other day which I answered posthaste (it’s usually me calling for assistance – it felt good to have the shoe on the other foot for a change). He texted he was in the front yard and wondered if I had five minutes to spare (I […]
3’s a Breeze – Crossing the Line
Downstairs There is an invisible line a child must cross on their road to adulthood, it runs through a no man’s land for a few years and is often blurred by perception. It can be confusing. For instance – when I look at my adult/children I invariably see the child they used to be, when […]
3’s a Breeze – The Dark Lord
Upstairs “Welcome Home Vader” Every evening at precisely 11:00pm a sleek, black disc-shaped robot emerges from beneath our living room couch, whirring and clicking. About the size of a large dinner plate, but thick like a phonebook, it methodically bumps it’s way through our living room, kitchen, and family room on a mission to discover […]