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Canada Part II

This will be short because there is catch-up to do.

Saturday we went shopping for Thanksgiving dinner and apple picking. Jonathan slept through the whole apple picking trip, even though his car seat was placed in a wagon that got a very bumpy ride through the orchard. We picked a half-bushel for ourselves. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on October 24, 2005, 4:30 pm | Read 2196 times | Comments (0)
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Visiting Canada, Part I

Thursday morning, we drove up to Jon's Aunt Janet's place in Hamilton, Ontario. We stopped at "our" Wal-Mart at the two hour mark for a bathroom break and to buy some snacks. (I think we've stopped there every time we go that way - it must just be at a good break point.) (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on October 11, 2005, 11:24 pm | Read 5191 times | Comments (3)
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What Does an X-Ray Machine Sound Like?

The line at security at the Orlando International Airport was short and quick. There was only one man in front of us to go through the x-ray machines. He had a lot of stuff (now that I think about it, way too much for legal carry-on) and he had to take his laptop out of its bag, etc. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on September 29, 2005, 10:15 am | Read 5218 times | Comments (1)
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House in NH

Mom found this house while canoeing in the Merrimack River, and thinks it is just perfect for us. It does look great! There is a lot of land (13 acres) and a lovely place for the Black Rabbit to launch from.
We have gotten used to Pittsburgh housing prices, so anything is a shock, but this house is fairly expensive in my mind, though probably quite reasonable.
It needs a lot of work, and of course, I would need to find a job, and see how the community is, etc.
Update: the address is 250 West Road, Canterbury, NH. It is 50 or so minutes from my parents.

Posted by Jon Daley on September 26, 2005, 2:59 pm | Read 4707 times | Comments (7)
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Car Insurance

We recently switched our automobile insurance to State Farm, because Amica doubled their rates on our homeowners policy, a bait-and-switch sort of thing - they told me the estimated rate, and I agreed, spent a month trying to get the inspector to come look at the house. (More)

Posted by Jon Daley on September 24, 2005, 7:52 pm | Read 4078 times | Comments (0)
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Sailboat Updates

There have been a number of things we wanted to work better on the Flying Junior, but mostly because it is hard to find a sailboat store in Pittsburgh, we hadn't gotten around to it. (More)

Posted by Jon Daley on September 24, 2005, 7:34 pm | Read 2665 times | Comments (0)
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Funny

In a sales flyer I got recently, there was a line at the bottom that said, "Not responsible fro typos."

Posted by Heather Daley on August 29, 2005, 5:29 pm | Read 32977 times | Comments (0)
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Weekend Sailing Adventures, Part II (aka Capsized!)

Sunday after church Jon suggested we go sailing again since we did not make it the day before. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on August 25, 2005, 1:25 pm | Read 3907 times | Comments (3)
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Weekend Sailing Adventures, Part I (aka No Sailing)

This was quite the weekend of the sailboat. Saturday's adventures pale in comparison to Sunday's, but I want to write them down anyway. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on August 25, 2005, 1:20 pm | Read 2186 times | Comments (2)
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Good Sailing on the River

On Monday after dinner, Jon said, "How about if we go sailing?" So we packed up and headed down to the boat ramp near his work - on the Monongehela almost under the Birmingham bridge. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on August 18, 2005, 4:51 pm | Read 2216 times | Comments (0)
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Routine Ultrasounds Are Harmful

My friend gave me an update on our mutual friend whose baby is due next week. The doctors want to induce now, a week early, "because the baby has lost weight." How do they know this? By ultrasound. Which can be wrong by a pound or more in either direction. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on August 6, 2005, 12:16 pm | Read 2864 times | Comments (0)
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Water Recycling

I have discovered a fun and convenient way to water our plants. Our air conditioner drips about a gallon of water a day if we run it all afternoon. If I put our watering can under the drip, it fills it in addition to keeping water off the porch carpet. Then the next day, I have a full watering can ready and waiting to water the plants!

Posted by Heather Daley on July 28, 2005, 8:27 am | Read 2525 times | Comments (1)
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Grocery Bags

It's taken a long time and persistence, but I have now succeeded! Today I bought several gallons of oil, milk, and orange juice, and I did not bring a single bag home! (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on July 5, 2005, 1:38 pm | Read 2272 times | Comments (2)
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Fledglings

This morning when I went downstairs, I saw one of the baby robins out of the nest on the ledge! Later when I went by all three were in the nest. I knew it wouldn't be long. Just now I checked and the nest is empty! Now they will spend two weeks learning how to be grown up robins, and after that they will be on their own.

Posted by Heather Daley on June 3, 2005, 11:25 am | Read 2296 times | Comments (0)
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Robin Observation

The chicks have started preening themselves. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on May 27, 2005, 4:02 pm | Read 2437 times | Comments (0)
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