Monthly Archive: December 2009

Dec
28

Christmas 2009

Best Thing Ever

We had a nice, quiet Christmas this year. The 17″ or so of snow helped keep us in and concentrated. It all began with Sofie’s birthday and ended with a Chocolate-Malt Stump de Noël. Yum.

Dec
14

New Fireplace Surround

The Fireplace

Another long-time resident of our to-do list got checked off!
The previous owners removed the fireplace cover and replaced it with a free-standing screen. This was suboptimal: cold air flowed into the living room, and smoke didn’t exit as readily as …

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Dec
13

Hawaii

Alex and Paul

Alex and I made it to Hawaii, and I’m finally getting around to posting some pictures. We think it’s probably an awful place for a conference, because most people probably want to enjoy the island(s), rather than the conference. We …

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