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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
Pocket Notes
I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 1/4 - The whole family plays Cousin Memory. Nathaniel repeats incessantly, "I turn! I turn!" January - Nathaniel knows where all the dishes go. He loves helping to unload the dishwasher and he is good at sorting... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 31, 2017, 12:00 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
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
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
January 2016 Pocket Notes
1/4 - JPD, breaking off celery stalk, "Wow! Big whacker!  Bad guy come in our house, me whack him!" 1/4 - NPD signing "more" 1/5 - Joy, holding necklace, "I made it symmetrical, with yellow in the middle." 1/7 - NPD said, "amen" after we did at dinner.  This has happened a few... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 1, 2016, 3:07 pm
Category: Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
November and December 2015 Pocket Notes
11/2 - Jeremiah, "Aunt Prudence gave us this one."  perfect grammar 11/3 - Jonathan, "Mom, did you know that if you take the 'c' out of 'record' and add 'er' at the end, it becomes 'reorder'?" 11/3 - Jeremiah, walking backwards with finger in front of his face, "Me try to pick [scab],... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 29, 2016, 8:41 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
Swiss Army Knife + Thumb = ER (April 4, 2015)
From an email written to my mom on April 4, 2015 at 7pm. Just after noon, Noah came screaming in from outside.  He was holding one hand with the other and blood was dripping.  I took him straight to the sink to wash off.  He couldn't tell me what had happened and there was... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 8, 2016, 1:22 pm
Category: Noah
Nathaniel Is Born!
Once again, we were blessed to have Grandma and Dad-o with us for a birth. Jeremiah was still too clingy on Mommy for us to be comfortable having him at the birth.  He did well completely away from me, but had trouble when nearby and I was unavailable.  That is exactly the situation a... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 6, 2016, 1:36 pm
Category: Nathaniel
Sailing
We went sailing today in the Black Rabbit, which is the name of our Flying Junior.  I do need to find out the history of it, because I think I don't have it quite correct.  But Heather's grandpa have it to her when she was a kid and we've sailed it since we were married. It needed a... (More)
Posted by jondaley on August 5, 2015, 8:58 pm
Category: General
Pocket Notes
12/26 - Daley Christmas.  Baby cousin G gets a pretty dress.  People exclaim over it. Big brother C says, "I'm not impressed." 12/28 - C, "Dad, [cousin] O says 'ellow' for 'yellow'". Ben, "That's ok, bud." C, "It's not ok with me." 12/30 - Joy counts to 30. 1/5 - Jeremiah gets... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 22, 2015, 2:41 pm
Category: Jonathan, Pregnancy, Noah, Joy, Jeremiah
Giant List of Pocket Notes
I'm very much behind on the blog.  But I have kept the pocket notes safely typed up in my email.  So here goes. In June, the kids and I made a trip to Florida to visit my parents, and my sister and her kids visited, too. 6/14 - Joy, "Mommy! I saw a dinosaur!"  (It was a... (More)
Posted by joyful on December 22, 2014, 2:04 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Pregnancy, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Pocket Notes
5/1 - Joy playing with even/odd dot cards.  Didn't quite get the concept but sometimes was lucky, so I praised the correct answers.  Then 6/2 - much more consistently correct. 5/1 - Jeremiah, watching the kids in karate class, copying them - doing punches from the "en guarde"... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 9, 2014, 9:44 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Pocket Notes
11/8 - It was gusty and the maple seeds were being blown off our big tree by the thousands.  It was such an amazing sight!  The little helicopters were fluttering everywhere, even swarming like a host of grasshoppers or little birds.  The grand picture was the swarming, and then... (More)
Posted by joyful on December 5, 2013, 8:31 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Pocket Notes
I'll take this opportunity, home from church with two sick kids, to post my notes. 10/19 - JDD, "Most fun things are spoiled if you HAVE to do them."  I forget the context of his quote but it reminded me of my thought at the harvest supper.  The middle and high school youth groups... (More)
Posted by joyful on November 3, 2013, 9:45 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Pocket Notes
9/13 - A Friday. Jonathan had been asking me if he could read Harry Potter for a while.  I told him I needed to talk to Daddy about whether we thought he was ready, but I kept forgetting.  The strategy that worked was asking me in Daddy's presence so I didn't have time to forget. ... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 19, 2013, 8:08 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
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