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Archive for December, 2006

Surviving the Snow

Claire and I ventured out twice today, once to give the dogs somewhere to do their business, and to measure the snow with our bodies, and the second time to beg neighbors to help us dig out. The neighbor with the snow blower wouldn’t even answer their door, but the young man next door [...]

Nor’ Easter in Colorado

The snow keeps falling. Claire and I had a good day at home; I worked for half the day (the office closed at noon), and then we just chilled. The predicted final snowfall amount is 18-24 inches, but it looks like there’s already 18 outside. Check out pictures here. I like [...]

Secrets revealed

Claire reveals a secret here.
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Some days, it is insurmountable to go to work. I like my job, and I love the program, but sometimes there’s so much, and so many deadlines that it’s hard to get out of bed.
Marc leaves for New Zealand again tomorrow for a week, our company holiday party [...]

I’m not dead

I’ve just been elsewhere in life than here, online.
But even as the holidays and the chaos of deadlines, a mobile child, and travel descend upon me, I feel like I have to make an effort to reconnect somehow, so here I am.
Claire walks. She walks like Frankenstein, but she’s walking. [...]