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Two Days of Appointments
For the most part, these last two days went pretty well.  Grace was a trooper as we navigated the multiple confusing buildings and talked with many providers and was poked and prodded by various specialists. Her audiology appointment went pretty well.  The doctor was impressed with... (More)
Posted by jondaley on January 12, 2024, 3:18 am
Category: Grace
Dartmouth Emergency Room
The pathology report indicated no parasites, and no bacterial infection, but confirmed the swollen lymph nodes. The doctor said, “I do not like the look of her paleness, and that spleen is really big. We need to see inside; go downstairs and get to imaging right away.” Grace had an... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 8, 2024, 2:37 pm
Category: Grace
Grace: Two Years of Unexplained Medical Issues
(this was written January 2024, referring to Grace's first two years of life) When Grace was about six weeks old, right at the beginning of December 2021 , I noticed that she had “ café au lait spots .” I looked it up on the internet, and discovered that these... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 8, 2024, 2:33 pm
Category: Grace
Heating
Since I'm on a roll of typing out the insulation we've used, I figured I might as well post about our heating systems too. We have five different heating sources for our home, and someday we'll get a sixth... 1a. Oil burner base board radiators. I grew up with base board radiators and I... (More)
Posted by jondaley on October 30, 2020, 10:46 am
Category: General, Reviews
Insulation
Someone just asked for advice on Facebook, and I figured I should save it here so I don't need to type it again when someone asks later.   We've had just about every kind of insulation in our house. So, more than you asked for, but hopefully useful. Also, if you don't know about it,... (More)
Posted by jondaley on October 29, 2020, 10:40 am
Category: General, Reviews
Pocket Notes
I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 4/1 - JPD, "'I'm goin' back to my work, after watchin' Jonathan do that awesome trick,' said Popcorn Man." 4/1 - Nathaniel started saying "yes" clearly - so cute!! 4/3 - NPD do turtle puzzle, self w/ encouragement... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 30, 2017, 12:00 am
Category: Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
Pocket Notes
I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 2/1 - Jonathan, "Even Einstein didn't have a triple-digit IQ." Noah, "Isn't that the guy with screws in his ears?" Jonathan, "No, that's Frankenstein." Noah is losing teeth all the time, I have trouble keeping track... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 31, 2017, 12:00 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
Pocket Notes
I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 9/3 - Referring to two years ago, Jeremiah said, "The other day of the oott-her day (stretched out, and louder) we tipped over in the big boat." He wanted to know if the motor boat was going to tip over or not. So he... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 31, 2016, 12:00 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
Pocket Notes
I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 8/9 - JPD, "The last name of my yellow shirt is 'Egg'." (Full name is 'Scrambled Egg') 8/10 - JPD, "Joy is my buddy." (Joy gone with Grammy.) 8/12 - Talking with a townsperson. He said, "I met a family that was... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 30, 2016, 12:00 am
Category: General, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
June 2016 Pocket Notes
6/1 - Nathaniel was playing with the nebulizer, dripped some of the leftover liquid, said, "Uh, oh."  Then he walked to the bathroom, opened the cabinet, got out a hand towel, came back into the bedroom and wiped up his spill. 6/2 - I asked Nathaniel to put the toy cars away and he did... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 17, 2016, 2:47 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Joy, Jeremiah
April/May 2016 Pocket Notes
4/26 - Jeremiah, after his first bowl of non-sugar cereal, asked for some sugar cereal.Only two pieces fell out of the box when I shook it, and he said, "Not two.  I said'some', like this..." holding up several fingers. 4/29 - Jeremiah can tie knots.  He tied the laces of my... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 17, 2016, 2:41 pm
Category: Noah, Joy, Jeremiah
Daley Vacation 2016 - Baltimore
Here are the brief notes I put together about our family vacation to Baltimore.  This year, the entire Daley clan was able to come (Barbara, Phil, and all their children and grandchildren!) Thursday drive down very good, even through NYC, thanks to google traffic. Looked up heights and... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 17, 2016, 2:36 pm
Category: General
Pocket Notes - Joy ties shoes, Heather does pushups, and more
4/3 - I said to Jeremiah, "Your shoes are on the wrong feet, sweetie."  He replied, "I not 'sweetie'.  Joy is 'sweetie'." 4/10 - Joy and I spent a grueling but satisfactory three hours earning our yellow and orange belts, respectively. 4/14 - Jeremiah, "It will be so so so fun if... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 17, 2016, 4:20 pm
Category: Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
March 2016 Pocket Notes
3/4 - "It's like somebody chewing on a guitar string lengthwise." Jonathan was commenting on a squeaky artichoke. 3/11 - Faith lost lower left 2nd incisor. (R one was a couple of days earlier) 3/12 - Nathaniel was interested in the potty and went a couple of times. I have not been... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 17, 2016, 4:08 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
Karate Tournament, Standish Maine
On Saturday, March 26th, Jonathan, Faith, Joy and I participated in our first karate tournament. The whole family rose bright and early so we could drive the two hours and 15 minutes to Standish, Maine.  This tournament is relatively small, with only about five dojos participating.... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 31, 2016, 1:14 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Faith, Joy
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