Galveston Pleasure Pier
Pleasure Piering in Galveston Continue reading Galveston Pleasure Pier
Category: Family
Kitten Request
Actual text: January 26, 2015 Dear mom and dad I want a kitten becs it wud be so cut and I wud col it mitis. I wud help you git a kitten. Your responsible daughter. (redacted) Oh dear…after formally giving me this letter, she brought me her piggy bank and said she would also help pay for a kitten. Continue reading Kitten Request
Week 1 Friday Run
The marathon training program I’m doing through Fleet Feet Sports called for an easy 4-mile run today. I felt like a trail run so I headed out to Eagle Spur Trail, an out-and-back raised rail-trail through some woods down to Jordan Lake. It was a bit soggy in places due to lots of recent rain, but passable. KidRocket’s school had a half-day so I went … Continue reading Week 1 Friday Run
Scooters!
Beautiful day for trying out new wheels! Continue reading Scooters!
Tapas: Padron Peppers
The haul
Apex, NC candy givers are a most generous lot. M & M’s and Reese’s are Vera’s favorites. Not a lousy old gumball to be seen here! I do question the pretzels and goldfish though. Not to be ungrateful, but a snack I routinely put in my kid’s lunch isn’t quite a treat. Maybe people want to participate in the giving but really aren’t thrilled with … Continue reading The haul
Minecraft Creeper costume
Isaac really wanted to be a Minecraft Creeper for Halloween. I bought a pretty cool cube-shaped mask online, but he really wanted to have a full costume including a Creeper body. I would have been happy to buy one but could not find such an item anywhere online or in stores (dangit). So I thought on it for a while and came up with a … Continue reading Minecraft Creeper costume
Four days til launch
Packed up (mostly) for the final phase of our move to Durham! Continue reading Four days til launch
Birthday Slurpees!
Vera received a Slurpee maker for her birthday! Continue reading Birthday Slurpees!
Deborah Beckett 
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