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Dog of the Week: St. Milo

AAR Rachel — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:21:00 GMT

Hmmmm...I wonder if there was an actual St. Milo[quick google]It appears there is a Blessed Milo of Selincourt. But we will not be talking about him. We will be talking about the Best Puppy in the World, our new puppy Milo. What a g

Plus/Minus

AAR Rachel — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:39:00 GMT

Today Max's new glasses arrived. I wasn't ready. I thought I was ready, but in reality, I'm finding it difficult to view the new him. My boy's beautiful face now looks distressingly like Ralphie's from A Christma

Intro to preschool

AAR Rachel — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:16:00 GMT

So this morning Max and I went to his hour-long preschool open house. I had a little problem getting him out of the house. I'd been preparing him all summer for it. We visited the school several times and toured his room.

New windows

AAR Rachel — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT

So along with painting the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, hall, stairwell, and upstairs bedroom, replacing lights in the kitchen and porch, and planting more stuff in the backyard, we've also been updating our three-season porch.&nb

2 days painting

AAR Rachel — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:06:00 GMT

Well, our living room and dining room are now a different color - Tatami Tan (#2 if you click the link). These rooms have needed to be painted for a dog's age. We've never painted them, in fact. When we bought the house, it

New haircut

AAR Rachel — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:00:00 GMT

Read the whole hairsplitting account here.

Gas lows

AAR Rachel — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:30:00 GMT

According to grandrapidsgasprices.com , the price of gas in our area has dropped to $1.87/gallon! It's almost surreal to see that 1 at the beginning of the price; here in Michigan we've seen 3 a lot more often than 1 in the past couple

Gone, baby, gone

AAR Rachel — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:57:00 GMT

202 S. Monroe is no longer in Pettigrove family possession. I helped Mom and Dad move yesterday (though Dad and K. did all the heavy lifting) and went over with Mom today to clean. Even though I was busy, and, therefore, somewhat detached

The summer is flying away

AAR Rachel — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT

Where has the time gone? Summer is just not long enough in Michigan!I so love this time of year - the warm days, the sunshine, the fresh garden tomatoes, the flowers in bloom. I wish I could slow time down and make it crawl. I'm

New furniture

AAR Rachel — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT

They've arrived - our new couch and loveseat. The movers brought them about 9 AM this morning. They called at 8. I was barely awake. I got up, got Max up, fed Rosie, got J. up, and then we moved our old couch, chair, and c

Last day for the old couch and chair

AAR Rachel — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT

After constant, though not continuous, kvetching that our This End Up living room furniture was an "embarassment" and made J. "ashamed," due to visible and hard to remove dog hair on the dark blue cushions, we are making a change.

Goodbye, 202 S. Monroe

AAR Rachel — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT

Sad news tonight. The old homestead is sold. Mom and Dad bought it 22 years ago this August, and will be out of it by Labor Day. Why is it when you want a house to sell, like we all wanted my sister's house to sell so much, it takes forever and w

Selling the family estate

AAR Rachel — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:59:00 GMT

No, not this one. This is my grandparents' farm, located in Hart, MI, circa probably 1970. They sold it twenty years ago when I was about 15. I was terribly sad to see it go as I had (and have) many happy memories of walking back into the acreage

Leaving a job

AAR Rachel — Sat, 16 Oct 2004 04:59:00 GMT

I have only one more week of work until we leave for Russia on the 23rd. I've been looking forward to leaving my job because of boss-related issues for some time, but now I'm beginning to feel sad. I really want to be a stay-at-home mom and

Did the minus-one paycheck last night

AAR Rachel — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:59:00 GMT

I can't really predict how everything is going to turn out money-wise because I don't know what kind of real tax break we're going to get with John supporting all of us and I don't know how much adding Max and me to his insurance is g

Megan McCafferty (or V. doesn't steer me wrong)

AAR Rachel — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:56:00 GMT

So I spent the weekend inhaling the two Megan McCafferty books about Jessica Darling - Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings. I haven't done that in awhile. Some time ago I bought Sloppy Firsts

Hair really short now

AAR Rachel — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:59:00 GMT

So last week on vacation we had a couple of rainy days, and to alleviate my gray mood (and the split ends) I went and got my hair cut SHORT. It's really short. Short. Wow. I don't think it's been this short in twenty years. I've had a

Low rise

AAR Rachel — Sat, 08 Nov 2003 04:59:00 GMT

Today I am wearing my first pair of low-rise pants - ta da!However, I didn't realize that low-rise pants require certain underwear considerations, so it's a darn good thing I've got a longish sweater on. Bikini briefs do not cut it.I have