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I'm so excited about last night's (almost) from scratch Mediterranean dinner success that I have to post! I have come a long way to where I got yesterday. First, when I made this dinner, I would make falafel from a mix, raita (which is actually an Indian name, but I know there's cucumber yogurt... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 9, 2006, 7:15 pm
Category: General

Spyware Removal

Found an interesting spyware/virus/malware/etc at the Quinlisks yesterday. It was a "Browser Helper Object (BHO)", a method of getting your own code put inside of the windows explorer, and thus pretty hard to remove.They run Ad-Aware every once in a while to clean up their computer,... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 8, 2006, 1:17 am
Category: Reviews

Verizon Credit Check

I got a notification from a credit bureau today saying that a new account had been opened by: Verizon Pen, PO BOX 165018, COLUMBUS, OH 43216. Since I haven't changed phone service since last year, it seemed odd that there would be a new account from Verizon.My mortgage company had their backup... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 31, 2006, 2:33 pm
Category: Reviews

Dis-Ability Quote

Colin Portnuff, a guy who uses an AAC (alternative augmentative communication) device to communicate, was recently at a conference that some guys from my company (DynaVox) also went to. He has ALS , which is a degenerative disease of the brain. A number of our customers have ALS; I am not... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 28, 2006, 1:27 pm
Category: Reviews

Favorite Bits

Jonathan's favorite bits recently are Fluorine, Estonia, Great Gray Owl. I'm pretty sure he does know the Estonian flag, but he has now started this game where he goes through them and calls them all "Estonia." I think he just likes to say the word! But yesterday, he was doing that,... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 28, 2006, 8:03 am
Category: Jonathan

Dreams

As Jonathan was waking up this morning, he said, "Look at my brown, Mommy." I asked him if he was dreaming about drawing a picture and he said yes. Then, he was looking all around, moving the pillow, looking under the sheets. "Where is my picture?" It was very hard to understand that it... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 27, 2006, 10:28 am
Category: Jonathan

Jonathan's Birth Story

I wrote it out formally about a year ago but it never got onto the blog. So below is the story. I'll post a comment on Jonathan's first post with a link to this one. Jonathan's Gentle Birth by Heather Daley This is Jonathan's birth story, but to really appreciate it, the... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 24, 2006, 11:39 am
Category: Jonathan

The Things Children Say

I just had to post this right now - I am trying not to laugh out loud. Jonathan made some kind of choking/gagging noise, and I asked him if he was ok. He said, "I'm ok. I just had some God bless you in my mouth." (More)

Posted by joyful on March 16, 2006, 8:29 am
Category: Jonathan

The Fascinating Ever-Changing Properties of Breastmilk

A woman I know has been having breastfeeding troubles with her three month old. She firmly believes in the superiority of breastmilk and nursing, and so has persisted through the discouragement (implicit and from other people, including pediatrician) and is using a lactation supplementer instead... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 14, 2006, 4:47 pm
Category: General

Independence, Singing

Jon made Jonathan a lightswitch stick so that he (Jonathan) can turn on and off the lights himself. It is a dowel with a loop of wire fastened to the end. When Grammy and Auntie E were here, Jonathan demonstrated the first observed completion of the USA puzzle all by himself. Before, I had... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 13, 2006, 3:08 pm
Category: Jonathan

Do Not Call List

Guess how hard it is to get phone numbers off of the federal do not call list? You just have to ask, and they will give it to you for no charge (up to five area codes). No verification of the registration information is required, so feel free to sign up as many times as you like with random... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 1, 2006, 12:08 pm
Category: Internet, Reviews

"Driving" and Geography

We went to the Kuhns' for dinner Thursday evening and at one point Will wanted to go out and ride his bike. Previously, he and Jonathan had been playing with playdough. I asked Jonathan to wash his hands (it was homemade dough and goopy) while I washed the cookie cutters and other playdough... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 25, 2006, 8:52 am
Category: Jonathan

Jonathan's First Skiing Trip

Sunday, February 19, 2006, Jonathan went skiing for the first time. Just after 11am, we headed east to Seven Springs, which is the closest/best mountain to Pittsburgh. We arrived at the parking lot at 12:45, then took a shuttle to the lodge. We got off at the wrong place and had to walk to the... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 20, 2006, 10:11 am
Category: Jonathan

Memory and Imitation

One reason Jonathan talks so well is because we talk to him like a real person. Children learn by hearing and by imitating. It is sometimes amusing to hear the things that he says. For example, he got a valentine's day card from Aunt Ellie, and as he saw the stickers on the back and was... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 15, 2006, 4:53 pm
Category: Jonathan

Singing, Independence

Recently, Jonathan has liked to sit in his little chair with his guitar, strumming and singing, "I love Mommy. She is beautiful. I love Mommy." Now there's a sweet Valentine! On Thursday I was uploading the pictures from the camera, which turned out to be a big job because there were still... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 13, 2006, 1:40 pm
Category: Jonathan