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Last catchup ended on the weekend of the fire company banquet. That weekend was also the beginning of the new adventure. Two different people called up to ask about looking to buy our house. No, not the one we're fixing up to sell. The one we're living in. Well, ok,... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 1, 2012, 11:02 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy

Pocket Notes

Grandma, whose time is quite full with two grandchildren, is still itching for a blog post about the others, so here it is. I found an old piece of paper witih some notes on it and just searched our blog - I did already post it and it was from 2008! Ok, here we go: 12/22/2011 - Faith,... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 29, 2012, 2:25 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy

Interesting? Message From Microsoft

I received a free "embedded" light from Microsoft a number of years ago. I put "embedded" in quotes, because I think it is funny that Microsoft considers a lightbulb connected to a USB power source an example of an embedded device. I guess I haven't looked that carefully, but I... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 9, 2011, 1:03 pm
Category: Reviews

Pocket Notes

More than a month's worth of notes... 10/3 - Joy's diaper was dry all night long. She went in the potty three or four times. This was exciting to me and so the next night I prepared to be diaperless. I spread a waterproof pad, with towels on top. But she and I are so... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 13, 2011, 11:12 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy

Distributed Social Networks?

I came across yet another version of a distributed social network, this one with hardware. FreedomBox Foundation is working on figuring out how to make tons of tiny little web servers that take out the centralized model. The New York Times has a decent article on explaining why... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 10, 2011, 6:00 pm
Category: Programming, Internet, Reviews

Imagine There's No Pizza

I recently discovered that due to changes by Facebook and Google, quickly sharing items is harder than it used to be. There are a couple things I shared recently that I thought good enough to actually type up a post here. (you may agree or disagree about my choices of "good enough")... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 9, 2011, 8:29 am
Category: Internet

Going Back To Joy

Recently, I read One Thousand Gifts , which was recommended by someone whose blog I read, but I can't remember who anymore. It was a beautiful book and has inspired me to be thankful for the little things once again. (Briefly, the hesitations I have in recommending it: she writes... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 29, 2011, 1:58 pm
Category: General

Houston, We Have Mobility

Well, in the three weeks since I last posted, Joy has made major progress in mobility and the rest of the household is still working to adjust! 9/11 - Joy started crawling longer distances with a cross-pattern belly crawl. 9/13 - Every time we go into PIttsburgh, we cross the Allegheny... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 2, 2011, 11:58 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy

Firefighting

I don't think it has been said here, other than in small mentions here and there, that I joined our volunteer fire company in Middlesex Township a couple of months ago. I am not sure of the exact number of incidents that I've gone out on, but the number is probably around 8 or so, though... (More)

Posted by jondaley on June 9, 2011, 4:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Pocket Notes

5/23 - Joy is chomping and chewing. I suspect she is an early teether like Noah and Faith. 5/30 - Joy rolled front to back. 6/2 - Joy crawled in bed 18", with diaper Joy is grabbing and exploring what she finds. Likes fabric especially. Worked really hard on a board book.... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 6, 2011, 7:22 am
Category: Joy

Jonathan's Lemonade Stand

Jonathan's new adventure in earning money is a lemonade stand. He thought maybe he could call it "Lemon Daley" as part of the family theme. At first, he had all sorts of grandiose ideas, including a frequent buyer's club, a toy day (when you get a toy with your purchase), and a fancy... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 7, 2011, 3:54 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Morning Conversations

Noah (while we started the woodstove): Can fire do anything to metal? Dad: It can melt it, if it is hot enough. Noah (wide-eyed): So, you could melt the metal into a sword? Noah then relays the conversation to Jonathan, who is taking a bath. After some discussion about where one might get... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 19, 2011, 10:33 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Lots of Notes

Faith has started calling Jonathan, "Ohnny-int" This is related to how she says medicine ("meddy-int") and other words that end in /n/. She also says her own name, which sounds unfortunately rather like "Hate" but the /t/ is a bit softer, maybe halfway between that and "Hathe".... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 15, 2011, 9:13 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy

Pocket Notes

3/11 - Faith can count to six. 3/12 - Faith counted to ten. She isn't consistent with this. She'll get stuck after six, but if someone says seven, she can do the rest on her own. I don't think she has quantity recognition past five, though. And she sometimes likes to... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 28, 2011, 6:21 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy

Old Hard Drives from Amazon and Newegg

I bought 6 Seagate hard drives from Amazon and Newegg, and both companies sent me drives that already had half their warranty expired. Amazon, after waiting for the customer support guy to handle 5 simultaneous chat sessions, and so was quite slow at responding, did send out a mailing label... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 18, 2011, 11:39 am
Category: Reviews