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De Retour

We're back in Lexington after two pretty great weeks with siblings and cousins (and parent — hi Dad!) in Pennsylvania.

My kids are going back to France on Friday, so this week will be filled with shopping (clothes are cheaper here, natch) and Activities That Please The Children. I've asked Nine-Year-Old to make me a list of things he wants to do, but all he can come up with is POOL.

Um, that's as in swimming, not billiards.

Twelve-Year-Old has just one thing on her mind.

I've taken more than 1000 photos this month (Quick, how many words is that worth?), and while most of them will remain for Family Eyes Only, I will put some up on Flickr as the week goes on.

Rotary

My nephew, S., had to call his mom. He was at our family's "little house" with my kids and another cousin. They'd all traipsed through the woods and across the creek crick to get from S's house to the little house, and stood around the phone with their muddy feet and legs.

I asked S., who's two days shy of his 8th birthday, if he knew how to dial the phone. He knew his phone number, but not how to operate the solid black hulk in front of him. So he said no, and my son piped up, "I know! Mom? Can I dial?"

The three other cousins watched me and my son as I dictated the number and he placed his index finger in the proper holes, carefully pulling the dial and his finger toward the metal stop.

Rural Pennsylvania

Currants In The Sun, originally uploaded by Alison.

Written Up

Some months ago, I was contacted by David Wescott of Business Lexington; he wanted me to talk to him about blogging. So I did. The resulting article (which is about much more than just me) can be found here. David's blog is called It's Not A Lecture, and you can read the post he wrote to accompany the Business Lexington piece here.

If you've come here because of David's article or blog post, welcome! Feel free to browse around my archives, as I am on a sort of hiatus from blogging for the moment.

If you're reading because you're a regular, hi! The kids and I are at my dad's house near Pittsburgh, and I am typing this entry on his brand-spankin'-new laptop, with Ooh! Shiny! Windows Vista. My laptop has "limited or no connectivity" on his network, grumble grumble. It's amazing how a person can get twitchy when she doesn't have her browser, home tabs, et cetera. As for Vista, I haven't really played with it much. It is pretty, though.

I just wanted to give a shoutout and a thank you to David. I don't have the time or mental energy to write a long and entertaining post. (That's a nice euphemism for "there's a ton of stuff I can't blog about now.") 

Thanks for stopping by. Do come back!

School Of Culture?

My kids have watched School of Rock at least once a day.

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Happy Birfday To Me!, originally uploaded by Alison.

The children and I got to Lexington, safe and sound. It's so good to be back. I was thinking yesterday that I might take a break from blogging for a while. There are other priorities right now. Their names are Twelve-Year-Old Girl and Nine-Year-Old Boy.

So, you know, I'll be around. Just less so.

Halfway There

• I can’t do more than give you a few bullet points. Forgive.
• I am writing this post in a hotel at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. The kids are watching the Disney Channel, and I’ve just taken a hot shower, my first today.
• Late tomorrow morning our flight to Cincinnati will take off, and some eight or nine hours later, we’ll arrive. This is not big news. I’m just kind of talking to myself here.
• (You had no idea I talk to myself, noooo.)
• I thought of the title of this post before I started writing; now I’m singing Bon Jovi in my head. Oy.
• I have no idea what this cartoon on Disney is, but it seems pretty crappy.
• Whoa-oh! Livin’ on a prayer!
• Point is, the kids and I are on the way to Kentucky. Can’t wait to get there.