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2/23 - Faith repeated the Church of the Ascension doorbell, singing exactly on pitch. 2/24 - Noah was working with Jon on pronouncing "sure" correctly, having trouble with the "sh" sound at the beginning. Finally, he said to Jon, "How 'bout I just say... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 7, 2010, 3:07 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Taxes Are Done For Another Year

Taxes weren't too bad to calculate this year, though last year we paid TaxAct, so apparently, they decided we aren't ever allowed to go back to the free version again, unless I sign up with a new username. So, we ended up just doing them on paper, and discovered that in some ways, TaxAct... (More)

Posted by jondaley on February 9, 2010, 12:19 am
Category: Reviews

Speaking and Reading

Noah is doing great at his speech practice. When he thinks about it, he can do /k/ and /g/ sounds at the beginning, ending, and middle of words. Examples: "big pig" "good guy" "duck" I'm so encouraged! I thought I'd write down all of... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 23, 2010, 11:09 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

AT&T Coverage and Service?

In continuing my tv watching and catching up on the news from the last year, I see that Verizon has been doing lots of ads about network speeds and comparing them to AT&T. And I found out that AT&T rates lowest on consumer satisfaction surveys, etc. My brother said he has... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 29, 2009, 1:37 pm
Category: Reviews

Wood Burning

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

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

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

Noah 3, Faith 1, Pocket Notes, No Boys In Diapers

Noah's three year appointment was at the beginning of the month. He is 42.5 lbs and 41" tall. They did the hearing and vision tests and the nurse was very impressed. She said usually at this age, they can hear the sounds but not figure out which ear they're hearing it... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 19, 2009, 4:26 pm
Category: Jonathan, Internet, Noah, Faith

New Kind of Scam: Works Well In a Down Economy

I got an email last night from someone who was looking up contact information for one of my customers: Piexx Company . She was wondering if someone was trying to scam her. The way the scam works is that someone says they are a hiring agency for some company and posts a job offer for a... (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 17, 2009, 8:51 am
Category: Internet, Reviews

Notes From The Pocket

8/7 - Faith started using the more sign consistently and spontaneously. She will now also use it to mean "I want that." 8/11 - Faith took her first step. It was sort of accidental, since she was walking holding to my hand, and I slipped my finger out. After... (More)

Posted by joyful on August 29, 2009, 9:43 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Lots Happening

7/5 - (oh, yes, this means I have not posted in at least a month...) Faith crawled upstairs all by herself (with Mom behind her all the way.) Noah says he can do it "all mine by self." Jonathan: "The person I love most after God is Faith." Noah... (More)

Posted by joyful on August 5, 2009, 8:22 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

ThinkGeek Gift Certificate

Hello. I often get ThinkGeek gift certificates (I expect they give $10 certificates to anyone who asks them). And I just got one today for $10 off a $30 purchase. They have some fun things, but I am not planning on using it. Let me know if you are interested. (More)

Posted by jondaley on August 3, 2009, 2:44 pm
Category: Internet

A Rich Family

Heather remarked at dinner tonight (at the Olive Garden - thanks Wightmans, we've got 7 more dinners at this rate to celebrate our anniversary) that we are a rich family: we now own two cars and two houses. I did realize that some people spend more on their cars than we spent on our... (More)

Posted by jondaley on June 23, 2009, 8:21 pm
Category: Reviews