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We bought a "new" minivan last year, and it had the lowest mileage, and highest cost of any car we've owned so far. It is a 1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette, and it had 107,000 miles on it. We did a lot of driving (I hit 135,000 today, after a year and a half). Heather and I both... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 22, 2010, 10:41 pm
Category: Reviews

Woodstove Update

Since we're now into the second year of using the woodstove, I thought I would post an update about it. I bought five cords of wood this year, (we bought around four and a half last year, and used around three). I got around one cord of black locust each year, and that wood is really... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 22, 2010, 10:28 pm
Category: Reviews

Midwife Appointment, 29 Weeks

12/16 - Headed up in the snow for another midwife appointment. I gained more weight this time, but Thanksgiving was in between visits... My iron was low again, despite diligently eating that horrible molasses, but she was suspicious that her hemoglobin tester is off... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 22, 2010, 8:46 pm
Category: Pregnancy

Very Busy November

Actually, the only thing written in my pocket notes from all this time is that on 11/16, Jon solved the mirror cube with his eyes closed. Jonathan's 7th birthday was a very fun time. He got a lot of cool presents and had a lot of cool people over to play. Grandma and Dad-o were... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 8, 2010, 11:56 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Isaac, Pregnancy, Noah, Faith

A Full, Crazy, Fun Week

11/6 - Noah and I were making rice krispie treats and Noah was stirring. He asked for a marshmallow, but I said no, they had to go in the recipe and he could have one of the finished products. Well, he decided to snitch and got a natural lesson. I, only a few feet away in the... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 15, 2010, 5:57 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Pregnancy, Noah, Faith

Pocket Notes

11/1 - Jonathan, "My favorite color is green." Noah, "My favorite color is green, too!" Jonathan, "Faith, what's your favorite color? Is it green?" Faith, "No, flower." 11/1 - Jonathan lost his left front upper tooth! He bit into a grape (boy, that tooth must... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 5, 2010, 9:27 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

A Good School Day

Three-fifths of our family has been sick this week and we are all finally feeling better today. (Thank you to all who prayed for us.) We only did about half our chores on this day of recovery, but I decided to go ahead and have school. I'm glad I did! Grandma had sent Noah... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 29, 2010, 2:20 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Pocket Notes and Potty Training

10/3 - Jon felt the baby kick! Since then, Jonathan and Faith have thought maybe they felt it. If the kids were ever up when I was still in bed but awake in the morning, they would definitely be able to feel it. 10/3 - Noah counted to 20 on his own. He is most comfortable... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 23, 2010, 8:38 am
Category: Jonathan, Pregnancy, Noah, Faith

19 weeks, Midwife Appointment

This morning, we drove up to the birth clinic where Jonathan and Noah were born. Their midwife has retired (she wanted to before Noah was born, but actually did right before Faith was born) and her daughter has taken over the job. We had met C before, when she was helping out her... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 7, 2010, 1:32 pm
Category: Pregnancy

Visiting Washington, DC

We arrived at the Fitzkees' house on Thursday night, and Nick said we could stay as long as we wanted. We ended up extending our trip by a day and coming home on Tuesday, which was a good decision. I think we spent the right amount of time for the whole family to enjoy the... (More)

Posted by jondaley on August 20, 2010, 8:48 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

2010 Family Bike Trip to Washington, DC: Fourth Day

We cooked bacon and pancakes (I found a nifty plastic pint jug in Walmart or somewhere that you simply pour water into the jug, shake it up, and pour it on the griddle) for breakfast, and then packed up and planned to meet for lunch at Great Falls, 15 miles away. Heather went back to... (More)

Posted by jondaley on August 20, 2010, 5:26 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

2010 Family Bike Trip to Washington, DC: First Two Days

I've wanted to bike to DC for a while, but there never seemed like a good opportunity to do so. Once we purchased the tandem bike, and started thinking about the possibility of biking all over the country, the Washington trip seemed like a good first step. The trip did get... (More)

Posted by jondaley on August 20, 2010, 4:39 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Sprinkler Auto-Timer

Someone asked what timer we recently purchased, and I figured I should post it here, since it seems to work pretty well. We bought the " Meinor Aqua Flush ", I chose this one because it was the only one available at Target while I was buying our third sprinkler (I should do... (More)

Posted by jondaley on August 3, 2010, 1:27 pm
Category: Reviews

Bike Trip, Vacation, Notes

This is going to be woefully brief. The bike trip was adventure after adventure, lots of fun, but lots of work. Among the things you'd normally expect on a bike trip, it included four tire blowouts on the triple-tandem, a torrential downpour, a tent with no stakes, Jonathan riding... (More)

Posted by joyful on July 26, 2010, 8:15 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Pregnant!

Cycles did not return after the miscarriage, and that along with other symptoms leads me to conclude that I am pregnant again. The due date I am calling March 1. (I don't really think I can count the miscarriage as LMP and I have reason to believe that ovulation was a week later anyway.)... (More)

Posted by joyful on July 7, 2010, 10:59 am
Category: Pregnancy