Today, getting up was a world of sooky lala hurt for me. The NYE party last night at Beso Bar went on till past 4 pm. I guess the patrons were loud and unruly, but we only heard the throbbing nightmare of the music droning on and on and on! It was so loud the whole house was vibrating and the items on the coffee table were bouncing around but I was too delirious with sleeplessness to get up and fix that. Without fail, the 7 year old who slept fantastically, b...

Today was rest day. Boy did we need it! To wake up with no agenda-bliss! I had a big load of laundry that needed attending to. I trudged it up to the local laundromat, and with a bit of assistance ( as usual for me, here) While I was waiting on that, I decided to look for a pharmacy. The 7 yr old was the third casualty of the wonky broken thermostat with the heating system. He accidentally gripped onto a hot pipe in the bathroom to steady himself so the in...

( Photo shown is not mine!!) We woke up a lot earlier than the older kids were excited about, as we planned to go into Tim Keller's Redeemer church in the city this morning. It was a couple train changeovers, but not too stressful. Such a cold day walking outside!!!! There was a lot of security getting in to the church. The service was a little more formal than I expected. One of the ushers told us that the trumpeters would be fantastic as, being in New Yor...