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Note: most links in the article are links to our pictures of the wood As I've mentioned previously , we really like our woodstove, and since we've used the gas less than I thought, I decided to get some more wood , and so I found a guy on Craigslist, who had a decent price for... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 19, 2009, 2:44 pm
Category: General, Reviews

A Few Notes

Noah has added a syllable to his pronunciation of Jonathan's name: "Ah-huh" 12/11 and following - My aunt gave us some plastic prisms and we have had a lot of fun playing with them in the kitchen (which is the sunniest room in our house.) The rainbows come out quite... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 17, 2009, 3:46 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

2009 Taxes

So, any bets on whether I'm missing something? I've just finished our 2009 taxes, tentatively, since we'll have a bit more income and expenses, and I didn't add in a couple other numbers that will be easier to calculate later. But, thanks to all the new credits, we have a refund... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 14, 2009, 6:45 pm
Category: Reviews

Product Review: Wood Stove: 13-NCI

I mentioned our new wood stove previously, and asked some of you for recommendations, but never got around to writing about it here. We've had it for a couple months, and it has been great! We ended up buying an Englander 13-NCI . I don't remember what the 13 stands for, but 12 is... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 8, 2009, 5:45 pm
Category: Reviews

Product Review: Christmas Lights

Last year, we were the only people on our street without outside Christmas decorations, and most neighbors had nice decorations, and so I wanted to not be the dark house on the street, so we looked around for something appropriate. (no animated Santas, etc.) Though, I did see this... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 8, 2009, 5:31 pm
Category: Reviews

Product Review: Mouse Traps

We have had the joy of testing out various mouse trap products over the last year with varying degrees of success. Our goals are, in priority order: Get rid of the mice from inside our house, or at least from inside our silverware drawers Protect the kids' fingers from... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 8, 2009, 5:14 pm
Category: Reviews

Pocket Notes

11/7 - Noah discovered the two cube puzzle that has pictures of six different vehicles and plays the sound of each when the puzzle is completed. He was having trouble with it, which seemed strange to me at this age. He kept getting the wrong sounds playing. I told him to... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 2, 2009, 2:34 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Checkups

I'll start with most recent and then go to my pocket notes. Jonathan and Faith both had well child checkups yesterday. As much as it seems like it would be easier to have two checkups together, it really isn't. I'll go back to scheduling them separately. It wasn't too... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 2, 2009, 12:29 pm
Category: Jonathan, Faith

Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November

We began the day learning about Guy Fawkes Day (Jonathan says now if we ever visit England he wants to visit at the beginning of November so he can participate in the festivities.) We ended the day by taking Daddy to the ER. Jon's notes in italics . It was quarter of five... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 8, 2009, 7:19 pm
Category: General

Pocket Notes

10/23 - Jon said, "Ask Jonathan an addition problem with two digit numbers that sum to a multiple of ten." I asked him 53+17, and Jonathan figured out loud, "the seventeen goes to twenty, the fifty three goes to fifty...seventy!" I signed Jonathan up for the... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 4, 2009, 8:39 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Geekonics

NEWS BULLETIN: Saying it will improve the education of children who have grown up immersed in computer lingo, the school board in San Jose, Calif., has officially designated computer English, or "Geekonics," as a second language. "This entirely reconfigures our... (More)

Posted by jondaley on October 19, 2009, 11:40 am
Category: Internet

I Love Word Problems

I was searching for Noah's first word on our blog (I found his first signed word: please, but I couldn't find his first spoken word) because Faith has started talking a little, and I don't know exactly what her first word is, probably "hi". But, today, she has repeatedly said,... (More)

Posted by jondaley on October 15, 2009, 1:22 pm
Category: Reviews

Lots of Pocket Notes

Jonathan has created a new superhero. Actually, a team of superheroes. They are the SuperFire team, made up of as many different colors as you would like. Super Orange Fire is the captain (that's usually Jonathan.) Noah is often Super Blue Fire, or Super Green... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 10, 2009, 9:07 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Upromise Withdrawals!

I noticed that upromise now allows you to withdraw your money instead of having to wait until your kid goes to college. Given that our balance is currently $90.74 (thanks Grandma for $16 of that) it'll take a long time before we could even put it in a 529 account, assuming they are... (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 28, 2009, 5:35 pm
Category: Internet

Virus Joke

PAUL REVERE VIRUS: This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attack: Once, if by LAN; twice if by C. POLITICALLY CORRECT VIRUS: Never identifies itself as a "virus," but instead refers to itself as an "electronic... (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 23, 2009, 11:36 am
Category: Internet