That was fun!

The Irish Princess has been spending a lot more time hanging out with the family, due to an unexpected split with her beau of some three years. Whether it’s toddlers with skinned knees or broken hearted young adults, watching your kids take life’s knocks is not easy. And the older they get, the less you can do - you just have to be there and let things take their course.


We’ve had a couple of fun movie nights lately. Last night was the new Cheaper by the Dozen. We were pretty much in agreement that it wasn’t as good as the original. But there were some very funny moments. Almost a little too real in some places.


The vasectomy bit was a gratuitous throw-away. In today’s middle America, having nine or ten*kids already pretty much establishes you as “nuts,” so why have to make a pretense of, “look, this family was trying to get itself under control.”

*or even, um,.....six.