the kartography

Family

The Quinceañera Continues

Part 2 of Riley's birthday... and a death in the family.

Family

A Farewell to My Uncle Ralph

A quasi-eulogy for my long estranged but once adored uncle...

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Worst Quinceañera Ever!

The Molerat is turning 15! So we need to do something 0.02% awesome.

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The Final Week

A few last adventures in the tail end of 2024...

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Christmas Passed and Christmas Presence

Christmas Day festivities...

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3... 2... 1... Christmas

We opened presents a few hours early... but only for the greater good, we swear!

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The 21 Days of Not-Christmas

Three weeks of pesky waiting...

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Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas?

Thanksgiving was punctual; Christmas came early.

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We Have the Meats!

More meats than Arby's!

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An All-Time Low?

A week of "lows." Not terrible ones, but still.

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Fit for a Princess

TWO princesses, actually... and half a castle.

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Get Thee to Gettysburg

A long overdue road trip! Battlefields, corn fields, and time spent with family

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Happy Holloween

A long-overdue hike at Dark Hollow, and a day off from work to close out the month.

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A Date for Riley, A Date for Us

Riley had a date. Kevin and I had a date.

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The End of an Era

All good things come to an end, as they say...

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Progress, Pumpkins, and a Party

...and a few other P-words, too.

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Neighborly Sorts

Connecting with neighbors new and old...

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I Got It at Ross... And Ross... And Ross

We spent the entire weekend bouncing between Ross and Kevin's parents' house.

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Another Birthday and More Bowling?

...But not THAT kind of bowling.

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Birthdays and Bowling

I turned 44 this week, and Riley's boyfriend turned 14 :)

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We Come Bearing Gifts...

A week of spontaneous gift-giving...

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Upgrades (and Downgrades)

New parking lot! New neighbors! New cat pics! Same old PECO.

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Rubbing Assault in the Wounds!

A quiet week with a knockout ending!

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A Sick Joke

Kitten and I got sick; weather happened; and Lou turned 70.

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An Update on My Mom

Recent events convinced me to go visit my mom in the nursing home

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A Cold Day in July?

Riley and her boyfriend hit the mall. My sister hits 37. Our landlord hits a new low.

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Don't Even Sink about It!

But pretty much everyone sought about it...

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Spelunking in Crystal Cave

We explore Crystal Cave! And become surveillance targets.

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Father's Day in the Motherland

Happy Father's Day to me, Ron, Steve, and... Saddam Hussein?

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ation(Gradu + Reloc + Cultiv)

Taylor graduates high school and heads north. The rest of us... eat Qdoba.

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Check for Ticks, and Tick-Tick on the Check

Where'd this @#$%^&* tick come from?! And where's our @#$%^&* check?!

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Clean Springing

A hectic close to a hectic month, and hopefully a fresh start

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Our 1-Year Anniversary

A rocky week for our first anniversary

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Expectation versus Reality

A riveting week of unexpected plot twists...

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Greener Pastures? Nope.

Nothing like an exceptionally noisy week in L'il Trenton to remind us that we're probably not leaving L'il Trenton anytime soon.

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Reconnecting...

We catch up with some friends and family, both expectedly and unexpectedly.

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Reassessment

Pennsylvania finds out whether Riley knows how to read and do math. Athennia prunes her family tree a bit.

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Routine Maintenance

A week of broken things... some more broken than others.

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Starin' at the Sun

Eclipses, earthquakes, and cat-food shortages in the Age of Aquarius!

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Souther, Wester, Easter, Norther

Fun in every direction throughout the last week of March