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September 15, 2004
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Today is the four year anniversary of this website. And these are the entries that make me glad that I keep an on-line journal.
The Year 2000
9/18/00 - Kartchner Caverns. A day trip for Marie's birthday.
9/20/00 - Home Sweet Hell. All about the history of the Home Improvement Project from Hell.
10/1/00 - Happy little entry. A just-because entry about Calvin.
10/21/00 - Moving weekend. The addition is finally done, and we become obsessed with light fixtures.
11/25/00 - Not enough. Our Thanksgiving, with pics of the kids who look SO LITTLE.
12/24/00 - A Real Day Off. The year we had Christmas at our house for Calvin's extended family, with twenty-something lobsters.
The Year 2001
1/2/01 - Pigs in a Blanket. The Journey concert.
1/5/01 - Dawg Talk. Gypsy's story.
2/3/01 - Inner Voices. What was on my mind.
2/12/01 - The Renaissance Festival.
4/09/01 - Picture Pages. Just a night of hanging out.
5/25/01 - Michael's Graduation.
6/10/01 - And then there were three. Saying goodbye to Michael.
6/25/01 - Letters from Michael.
7/06/01 - This is Arizona? The best camping trip ever.
7/24/01 - Brad.
7/24/01 - Purple Monkey Poo. A day trip to Sedona.
9/10/01 - Aboard the Depot. We take a trip to California to watch Michael's Marine Graduation and re-claim him from boot camp.
9/21/01 - Live our Lives and Hug our Children. After 9/11.
9/25/01 - My August Trip to Maine.
9/28/01 - The Way of Things. How fast life is going by.
11/16/01 - Me-n-Marie. A transcribed conversation between Marie and I, which I taped while we were chatting over hot chocolate.
11/28/01 - Joyful Hand Holders. Yet another entry about how much I love Calvin.
12/19/01 - Lost Moment. A story about Grandma.
12/24/01 - Lobstah! Christmas 2001.
The Year 2002
1/08/02 - Home. The way the house looked in January '02.
1/28/02 - Parenting. As it was then.
2/01/02 - Oh, man. Drunken journaling!
2/04/02 - I must bide. Memories of Grandma.
2/09/02 - Up on the roof. We get a hot tub.
2/16/02 - Close encounters of the buzzing kind. We are attacked by bees.
2/27/02 - Life is lived in moments. Some moments out of my week.
3/31/02 - On the next exciting episode of ER... I step on a nail.
4/13/02 - L'Auberge Resort. Pics of where we're getting married.
7/16/02 - The Wedding, in detail.
8/28/02 - Irresistible. We get Ozzy.
9/20/02 - A Taste. Just my day, in pictures.
11/03/02 - Date Night and the Homecoming Princess. Marie's first date.
12/29/02 - Feelin' the Love. Christmas 2002.
The Year 2003
1/08/03 - What it's all about. My take on relationships.
1/23/03 - I have to remember this. A memory I had to keep.
2/12/03 - A Michael by any other name would smell like feet. Michael drama.
2/18/03 - Geeky Peas and High Drama. We meet Michael's wife Lilly, and learn that she's expecting.
3/12/03 - This is my hometown. News headlines for my hometown in Maine.
4/20/03 - Desert Botanical Garden. A day spent with Calvin and Marie.
4/23/03 - Lookin' for my lost shaker of salt. Anticipating my Sabbatical.
4/30/03 - Dear Liza, there's a hole. A hole in the kitchen ceiling.
5/19/03 - Party on, Wayne. A very full weekend.
6/03/03 - How I spent the second day of my summer vacation. My sabbatical begins.
6/14-15/03 - The first Maui entry.
6/16-17/03 - The second Maui entry.
6/18/03 - The third Maui entry. And I actually have started a fourth entry, well over a year later. I'm little miss follow-through, aren't I?
9/03/03 - Peace Places. Probably my most favorite entry - lots of meaningful pictures.
9/22/03 - Little Bits. We get the back yard done, among other things.
9/28/03 - Tiny Perfection. Anthony is born.
9/30/03 - Babysitting Pics. An evening spent with the baby.
10/5/03 - So Much Love. My other most favorite entry - about how much love we have in our family.
12/8/03 - Snow Day. Recalling snow days spent with my Grandmother.
12/15/03 - The Book. My other other most favorite entry, about my Grandmother's recipe book.
The Year 2004
1/01/04 - Another one bites the dust. Recap of Christmas 2003.
2/24/04 - In which I snort powder. A recap of our ski weekend.
2/27/04 - Under the radar. Little details about life that I want to remember.
4/07/04 - I couldn't make this stuff up. An e-mail war with the ex.
4/19/04 - All Baby, All The Time. Pics from the kids' visit.
4/23/04 - It's not getting any easier. Saying goodbye as a parent.
5/11/04 - One Hundred Things. Inane details about mememe.
5/17/04 - I guess it's time to talk about this. Why Calvin and I have decided not to have a baby.
6/10/04 - The Gift. The best idea for a Father's Day present I've ever come up with.
7/17/04 - Hi. I get my wisdom teeth removed, and a funny note from Marie.
7/23/04 - The first day of 30. My thirtieth birthday, and a transcribed conversation.
8/15/04 - A photo essay of a typical weekend.
And really, I like all of my entries. I like knowing what I was thinking, what was going on with the family, what work was like, and all the minor details about life that get forgotten if they're not written down. I love the "just life" entries of where we went and what we talked about. I love the pictures - I've got to include pictures more often.
I'm glad I started doing this.
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