The Hannah Family

Claire tracks out today (but she thought it might be yesterday)

Claire (chipper) on Thursday morning: Today is Friday, right?!

"No."

Claire -- exasperated: Oh, come on!

Home invasion is beyond frightening

I keep reading about case after case locally while Mark insists, "that doesn't happen here."

Thanks hun, but I believe all of these innocent victims instead including this (now) paralysed man whose wife was raped in their home at the time of that particular heinous crime when he was shot and robbed, which was in no way singular.

What a world.

Matt kept stalling when he tried

I gave Katie her first lesson on how to drive a manual car (Mark's 6-speed stick shift Mazda 3) and the kid is a natural. However, she agrees with me that an automatic is much more convenient.

A bad thing changes everything

A year ago, I had trouble sleeping because of my 'old lady' hormones. No go. I tried, honestly and truly... (Strike one)

I had trouble sleeping because of my hormones AND I had 2 kids in college and thought I'd have to work third shift for 6+ YEARS to help pay for their school... It would have kept anyone up. (Strike two)

Now I wish I had those troubles. Sleep was easier before Danny died, even though it wasn't (makes sense to you who haven't slept either). (Strike three, I'm out)

Amanda has been a huge source of support for Katie

Amanda was laughing last night because she asked Claire, "What's going on?"

Claire answered, "Not much. I'm only 10."

RIP Daniel James Noonan

It was 2 weeks ago tonight that the unthinkable happened. Here is a link to Danny's obituary.

It's nice when they forget about sibling rivalry

Dave and I were in front of the TV when Claire yelled something up the stairs. Suddenly Dave was off and running toward her saying loudly, "18,000? Really?! You knocked out your old high score!"

No problem. He'd already seen the episode we were watching once anyway.