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Here is a brief review of Organizing for your Brain Type by Lanna Nakone . This is a neat book that gives some explanation about why some people have trouble keeping things organized and why some have trouble understanding those others. She puts people in four different groups,... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 22, 2007, 1:20 pm
Category: Reviews

Found it on the Internet...

I read that Harry Potter invented electricity, and that it wasn't Benjam Jam, so it must be true. Source for the answer: unasked.com Original source for the question: ADustyFrame . (More)

Posted by jondaley on August 24, 2007, 2:05 pm
Category: Internet

Debian Updates vs. Windows Updates

Everyone always says how user-friendly Windows is, and as I sit here waiting for my Windows computer to endlessly update itself, I am struck by how much harder it is to update my Windows laptop than all of my Linux (Debian) servers put together. On Debian: Type "aptitude",... (More)

Posted by jondaley on August 23, 2007, 6:53 am
Category: Reviews

New Skills

At the Maggie P, Jonathan learned how to tie knots. Now he ties ropes all around the yard in a great booby-trap for potential robbers (or mail carriers.) He can also put a pillowcase on a pillow without assistance. And finally (to my slight sadness - isn't motherhood weird?)... (More)

Posted by joyful on August 15, 2007, 1:55 pm
Category: Jonathan

Catching, Cutting, Lights, Stairs

Jonathan is pretty good at catching a ball or object now. He likes for me to print out coloring book pages for him. But he doesn't want to color them. He likes to cut the object (usually an animal) out. He does a very nice job. He can now reach our lightswitches if he... (More)

Posted by joyful on July 16, 2007, 8:58 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Name That Movie and Other Jonathan Antics

We got new sidewalk chalk, since the box I bought when I was at CMU is finally used up. (: Jonathan likes to paint his tricycle tires, and he calls it "Never Proof Tire Chalk." Quotes: "I misunderheard the rules." J: "Were you one of Auntie E's... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 14, 2007, 4:37 pm
Category: Jonathan

All Is Safe In The World Again

I am in the middle of a non-direct red-eye flight from Seattle to Pittsburgh. I was supposed to go to Charlotte, NC on the way, but USAir called(!) last night to tell me to come a half hour early to the airport (I was already there and had already checked in, and having a relaxing dinner... (More)

Posted by jondaley on June 14, 2007, 6:54 am
Category: Reviews

Strawberry Picking

This is the weekend for strawberry festivals and several local farms have pick-your-own fields. Last year, when I was about 39 weeks pregnant, Mom, Dad, Jon, Jonathan and I picked 14 lbs of strawberries at Trax Farms . Jon is on a business trip, but I wanted to get at least some fresh,... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 10, 2007, 5:58 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah

Spears, Reading, Boggle

5/7 - "Mommy, we don't see people with spears too much." Cell phones, yes, spears, no. 5/10 - I was doing some reading on the laptop and scrolling with the arrows. First Jonathan noticed that when I pressed the down arrow, the page went up, and vice versa, and... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 12, 2007, 7:12 pm
Category: Jonathan

Less Exciting, But Still Noteworthy

Here are the things I've written down over the last few days - and I had the foresight to take the paper out of my pocket before going sailing! 4/26 - Jonathan, playing with legos or something: "Dam it, dam it, dam it." Mommy: "Jonathan, please don't say... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 30, 2007, 11:24 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Germs, Plants, Stacks and More

Noah has discovered the fun of taking out and putting in objects to a container. He also isn't interested in crashing towers. Instead, he likes to take them down carefully block by block. He likes to copy us in driving cars around and the other day we were having a blast... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 23, 2007, 9:08 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

It's Not A Thankless Job

Jonathan and I were drawing and coloring together downstairs. At one point, I had written his name, and then when we were cutting things, I cut a heart out around his name. Soon after, I went to change Noah's diaper. I heard Jonathan say, "How do you spell... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 14, 2007, 1:05 pm
Category: Jonathan

Noah: 9 Months

24 pounds, 9 ounces. 30 inches tall. He didn't cry a single whimper for his shot or any of the blood drawing for his hemoglobin and lead tests. What a brave, tough guy! He's added water (flicking his ear with his fingers - an unfortunate way to say it, but... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 26, 2007, 4:40 pm
Category: Noah

Noah's First Word!

I had been wondering for a few days if I was seeing correctly. But yesterday I knew for sure, and this morning only confirms it. Noah finishes what's on his tray and looks up at me expectantly. I ask, "more, please?" with signs (sometimes it's a full sentence... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 7, 2007, 8:44 am
Category: Noah

Turnips and More Numbers

Jonathan likes to eat turnips (just cut up and boiled) - he was exclaiming over them so much I thought it should go into the blog. He counted backwards from five the other day, on his own. He said, "That's Soot-su's address." This morning he drew a "6"... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 3, 2007, 2:45 pm
Category: Jonathan