What We've Been Up To

I've found a great recipe for hair gel. It's organic, really easy to make, and the ingredients are cheap :) Well, the basic version ...

As has become our awesome tradition, Mom presented me with a Kahlua Mud Pie birthday cake from Vellutini's Bakery :)

Yup, still sunny. I admit that all this sunshine is distinctly weird. Trader Joe's strikes again. I bought 3 whites and 3 reds: White $2...

So there's a great live theatre group down here -- the Melodrama. The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville , that is. Sawdust on the ...

Haley got back from her slumber party yesterday, and apparently didn't sleep at all (at least that's what she claims). She says that...

So on Thursday, Haley was invited to a slumber party Friday night. Last minute invitation. She was allowed to go, on the condition that she ...

So my new bike rack arrived today. Yay! It's hinged so that it arrived in a fairly small box. Even after I took it out, Haley kept sayin...

Dear President Obama, I was terribly disappointed to see your administration's response to the question of Gay Marriage. Comparing homos...

Thanks in large part to Mom's motivation, my garden is looking pretty good right now :) My herb box is looking great! The spindly plant ...

The title should be read with both sarcasm and desperate relief, in approximately equal proportions. The school year is over, the students h...

So when Mom came up to celebrate Haley's birthday, we ended up doing a bunch of gardening. I planted an herb garden and repotted a bunch...

Well, we're more or less done with Haley's birthday celebrations. The weekend before her actual birthday, she had a slumber party. T...

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...