What We've Been Up To

Well, another Easter has occurred chez Claypool. Haley left out carrots and a note for the Easter Bunny. I explained that he probably wouldn...

Haley got her braces today. It was pretty cool, though probably a lot more interesting from my point of view than from hers... A nice assist...

What is the phrase again? Maybe "glutton for punishment", Although "sucker" is nicely succinct. Yes, I've signed Hal...

It's always nice coming home. The view of Crescent City was particularly beautiful this time. The sun had set, but the glow of the sunse...

It's become a tradition for my group of friends to gather to celebrate New Year's Eve together. The cool thing about being a grownup...

We drove down to Mom's early this year, so we had lots of time to get ready for Christmas. A good thing too, since I wasted one of the d...

Another successful Thanksgiving :) The weather was nice, as usual, so we played tennis every day. Here's Dad, ready to serve. Somehow, A...

This year, Haley was determined that she was going to be scary, and NOT CUTE. She pretty much recycled last year's costume. "But it...

You may not be able to tell in this photo, but it's raining :) We were positive that Haley's game was going to be canceled today. It...

So I had an eye appointment today. Not because I really wanted one, but because my optometrist wouldn't sell me any more contact lenses ...

I was going to order my chair pockets off eBay. I had email exchanges with several vendors. I finally decided to make them myself, however. ...

So my palm butter and essential oils arrived, so I made another batch of whipped body butter :) This time, I ended up with a much thicker ba...

I got some cool body butter in Canada from a fellow hostel guest. It had the recipe on the side, so I've been planning to make more. Nat...

So after significant pestering and begging, The Club has allowed Haley to become a gym member. Every week, Tues - Fri, we get up at 5:15 and...

Potpie is one of the best foods EVER. It has stew inside, so it's good like stew. But it's stew wrapped in *bread*. Meat, potatoes, ...

Haley is having a good year in soccer! Her coach is great. Lots of positive reinforcement, as well as corrections. Having listened to some o...

Today my new Prius hit 10,000 miles on the odometer :)

Haley was all ready for school :) Her new teacher is Ms. Weir, and so far Haley *loves* her. All the other teachers I've talked to have ...

I promised Haley that if she got her room clean,we would go to the river. Yay bribery -- she got it clean! We went with some friends. Here a...

Haley was a trooper last night -- we were at my classroom till 7:30 last night. But I'm done getting ready for the first day -- we won...