For Christmas, Carol digitized some of the old Westbrook slides. There were some super cute photos of little Eddy.
I'm sure there are pictures of, like, the rest of the family, but look how cute...
This year for NYE we caught one of our favorite local artists, Matt the Electrician, at one of our favorite musty old venues, Anderson Fair. We had some time to kill before the show, so, you know... face making...
We had our own little Xmas fun when we got home this year.
Mostly it consisted of yard work made possible by the Lowes gift certificates we got from our parents for Xmas.
Please don't make me recount how terrifying...
It's always fun to visit Eddy's dad over Xmas.
This year was a particularly musical year with Eddy playing the Uk
and the whole crew playing Rock Band.
Eddy and I also took an excursion to a local park to...
Predictably, we found time in Chicago to hit a few spots where we could stare at animals. We went to the Lincoln Park Zoo to see the penguins and the polar bear.
Sadly, when we got to the penguin house we learned that...
In addition to those first exciting surprise presents we also had loads of fun opening presents with the Westbrook side of the family this year. In fact, we had a whole present bed designated in our hotel room.
Even...
So, my office is in the basement of the library. Well, recently, the basement flooded.
I am therefore working from the couch until the basement is back in shape.
Please forward any work-related questions to...
We went to Chicago this Christmas to visit Eddy's family. Before the Xmas festivities even officially started, we received a super sweet hotel-warming gift from Carol!
It contained all kinds of goodies.
Perhaps...
In libraryland we say that open source software is free like kittens, not free like beer. In the home improvement department, I hereby enter this buffet into the same category.
You see, when I was driving home...
My first office as a new librarian was a little blah. Smallish, no windows, only one real wall, basement, just a little blah ya know?
For my birthday this year, Eddy agreed to help me do a little remodel so that...