Daley Ponderings | General

Robins

In my research on robins, I found this spectacular site called A Robin's Diary with videos and day-by-day updates.

I picked a great time to take photos of our nest today - the parents had just come back from worm hunting when I got inside. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on May 26, 2005, 11:11 am | Read 2172 times | Comments (0)
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Gardening

It is so cool to watch things grow. Last Wednesday, May 12, I got all our pots together with new dirt and planted hot peppers, radishes, lettuce and spinach. We also have three cherry tomato plants generously donated by a friend. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on May 18, 2005, 3:05 pm | Read 2505 times | Comments (0)
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Repetition and Memorization

I can now recite in their entirety from memory:
Miss Spider's Tea Party
Dr.Seuss's ABC
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
and maybe Sandra Boynton's A to Z, though I haven't tested myself on that one yet.

Posted by Heather Daley on April 15, 2005, 9:38 am | Read 2276 times | Comments (3)
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Oiling the Coding Gears

Jon has me working on some stuff for Lime Daley so he has time for his other projects. For the most part, changing settings has a user-friendly interface that I can do pretty easily. However, there are some code things "in the background." (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 7, 2005, 10:31 pm | Read 2520 times | Comments (0)
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Unenforceable Laws

While looking up information on the Pennsylvania Use Tax (which is another story for another day) I found a regulation that states that tourists in PA who stay longer than 7 days are required to pay Use Tax on items that they brought into the commonwealth and used while they were here. How enforceable is that?!?

Posted by Heather Daley on March 28, 2005, 10:05 am | Read 2935 times | Comments (4)
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Kids Just Grow Up So Fast

I called my friend Alissa today and her four and a half year old son William answered. I said hi and asked for his mom and he said, "Well, she's downstairs right now, but you can talk to me and tell me what you want to say and I can tell her." It was not that long ago that he would only say, please call back. It wasn't even that much longer before that when he couldn't even answer the phone! (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on March 17, 2005, 10:11 am | Read 2205 times | Comments (0)
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Have A Nice Day

When I was in the grocery store today, a lady came up to me and said, "Did you see...?" and proceeded to tell me a sad and horrific story she had read in the newspaper. I said, "no, that's one reason I don't read the paper" and she went on about it and how angry she was. I started to move on, and she said, "Well, have a nice day." Yeah, not quite as nice as it had been. . .

Posted by Heather Daley on March 4, 2005, 2:26 pm | Read 2281 times | Comments (0)
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Strange People on the Bus (ie Exciting City Life Part II)

Jon is spending today and tonight at the Jubilee conference downtown, praying for the conference and conferees in the prayer room. Jonathan and I went to meet him for dinner. Now before I proceed, I want to make clear that I would have been taking the bus even if we had a car, because parking downtown is a pain. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on February 26, 2005, 9:07 pm | Read 2933 times | Comments (1)
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One Year Older, One Waist Size Bigger

Heather and I went shopping for jeans yesterday; Heather to try to find jeans that don't have the new low-cut waist line, and me to replace some worn out pairs that have spontaneously ripped when doing various projects around the house. (More)

Posted by Jon Daley on February 14, 2005, 9:19 am | Read 2604 times | Comments (0)
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Exciting City Life

As we were cleaning up from my birthday party, Heather noticed a police car in our back alley. It turns out there were two brothers (one is a self-proclaimed starving musician) (More)

Posted by Jon Daley on February 12, 2005, 12:07 am | Read 2340 times | Comments (1)
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A Glimpse Into the Inner Workings of the City of Pittsburgh

Jonathan loves to watch the garbage truck come down the street and pick up the trash. This morning, we spent 25 minutes standing at the window, watching the world, waiting for the truck, watching the truck, and learning new things. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on February 10, 2005, 3:37 pm | Read 2329 times | Comments (1)
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All Natural

Today's comic in Jon's Dilbert page-a-day calendar has Dogbert saying "Hello, this is Dogbert's All-Natural and Holistic Tech Support. . .Try stuffing tree bark in the CD drive and meditating. . . No, of course it won't damage anything, it's all natural!" (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on February 5, 2005, 2:25 pm | Read 2635 times | Comments (3)
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Frequently Used Bus Schedules

This post isn't much use to anyone else, unless they want to try to stalk us and find us at the bus stops. Here are (or at least, here will be) lists of busses that we take often to get various places. This way, Heather won't have to do as much work in the future. (More)

Posted by Jon Daley on January 14, 2005, 2:00 pm | Read 2716 times | Comments (1)
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Gorgeous Day

Almost all of the windows in the house are wide open, a fresh breeze is pouring in, and the sun is shining! Invigorating!

Posted by Heather Daley on January 13, 2005, 10:18 am | Read 2790 times | Comments (0)
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Christmas Adventures Part 2

The night we arrived (Monday) was "Christmas Eve" so we each opened our one present from "Mr. Ho" and filled the stockings for the morning. It turns out that Santa had also visted Bermuda, because we each received a souvenir ornament from Bermuda. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on January 2, 2005, 11:41 am | Read 2442 times | Comments (1)
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