tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85170626889564190862024-02-20T23:04:42.819-05:00hello from corningregular dispatches on all things Finn and TessFleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432604007457905583noreply@blogger.comBlogger712125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517062688956419086.post-70944859433919163892015-06-09T13:33:00.003-04:002015-06-09T13:33:57.027-04:00It will pay for itself!<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Working from home is great. On a conference call with a senior executive at a major company. Furious knocking at the door. I hit mute: "yes Finn"? He holds up a credit card entry screen at a website he has pulled up on an iPad, requesting that I complete his purchase. He has found a 1965 Aliss Chalmers front loader at an online dealership, for only $7,900, and was attempting to complete the purchase...as a birthday gift...for my father. "Finn, how are we supposed to pay for this?" [in his best 50 year old man voice] "uhhhh, well, when papa and I get this it will pay for itself in a month!"</span><br />
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Tess has inherited the Halton fishing gene it seems. Today she caught three bluegills and one bass (pictured with her proudly holding it up). Speaking of Haltons and fishing: Happy Birthday Uncle Chuck!<br />
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It was a beautiful day capped off with pizza and a DQ ice cream cake. Happy Birthday, dear sweet Finn!! 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We have a very happy almost six year old.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTm8Iku_9BniVuX29FzHqtkRWT-iP1AzGZr-8IMWQxf5uT9Cuq_A6uKKFj5HicjBeirf2aFo28l6oo52xVnCOxJ6KRv1j3uX_9CoOgCZDaqvPf3supzHjTzU6OD84d8sG3AKlDW3hJOdBa/s640/blogger-image-1597641535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTm8Iku_9BniVuX29FzHqtkRWT-iP1AzGZr-8IMWQxf5uT9Cuq_A6uKKFj5HicjBeirf2aFo28l6oo52xVnCOxJ6KRv1j3uX_9CoOgCZDaqvPf3supzHjTzU6OD84d8sG3AKlDW3hJOdBa/s640/blogger-image-1597641535.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432604007457905583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517062688956419086.post-52051929056829552362014-08-02T15:20:00.001-04:002014-08-02T15:20:23.194-04:00Hotel<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We stayed in South Bend last night. Our room faced a river on which there was a super loud party going on. 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This is the park downtown, which is pretty fitting and perfect for two stir crazy kiddos!<div><br></div><div>Next stop, Peoria.</div><div><br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnB_4p_2RYFylM_MYcoHVIkbfRz_spGMhdq01GwJRMK1Sds-xufZuCGqjW7ObKF-LMw9tNVJlAyVFi1GC09Bywdi5u1FKLv_ELjbUWB7XrIjP8uxiVcXhkVDXyh59-NtdM-t7YA4dqJoob/s640/blogger-image--1202649549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnB_4p_2RYFylM_MYcoHVIkbfRz_spGMhdq01GwJRMK1Sds-xufZuCGqjW7ObKF-LMw9tNVJlAyVFi1GC09Bywdi5u1FKLv_ELjbUWB7XrIjP8uxiVcXhkVDXyh59-NtdM-t7YA4dqJoob/s640/blogger-image--1202649549.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>Fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432604007457905583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517062688956419086.post-89373831755959840842014-07-27T11:10:00.001-04:002014-07-27T11:10:33.688-04:00What is So Funny? <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Cracking themselves up yesterday before stepping out to Clubfest 2014.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517062688956419086.post-17497106367548518602014-07-19T21:30:00.001-04:002014-07-19T21:30:10.600-04:00A Fun Saturday Morning<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Finn, Tess and I went to stay at Papa and Mimi's house last night so that Nico could have a girl's night out with Aunt Sara who is visiting us (apparently their evening involved karaoke and </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">a commandeered taxi ). The kids started the night off sleeping separately but somehow it turned into both of them sleeping with me. Mimi made breakfast and we did a little fishing followed by a trip up to the top of the hill with Papa to pick blueberries for a an hour or so. Uncle Jeff has a bumper crop on his hands this year! We managed to get quite a haul despite the fact that Tess ate more than she put into the buckets.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517062688956419086.post-29187349920893454892014-06-30T09:15:00.004-04:002014-06-30T09:16:58.023-04:00Fishing<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We went fishing at Papa & Mimi's place yesterday with Uncle Jim. Daddy fondly remembers fishing with Uncle Jim when he was Finn'a age. Collectively we landed four respectable bass (of which Jim caught three) that we released. Tess tried her hand at fishing for the very first time. All in all it was a great afternoon.</span><br />
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