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Kill-A-Watt
Peter was nice enough to loan me a Kill-A-Watt for a couple weeks to investigate power usage around our home.  I have thought about buying one before, but borrowing one is certainly better, though it is quite a bit of fun to test out devices to see how much power they use. I... (More)
Posted by jondaley on September 25, 2007, 8:25 pm
Category: Reviews
Organizing for your Brain Type
Here is a brief review of Organizing for your Brain Type by Lanna Nakone .  This is a neat book that gives some explanation about why some people have trouble keeping things organized and why some have trouble understanding those others. She puts people in four different groups,... (More)
Posted by joyful on September 22, 2007, 1:20 pm
Category: Reviews
XP vs. Vista
I was recently asked by a Microsoft engineer why I am still asking questions about Windows XP when I should be using Vista, since it is better for various reasons. My response is below, which he called, "stunningly clear", and said that he had already forwarded it onto his executive... (More)
Posted by jondaley on August 15, 2007, 4:21 pm
Category: Reviews
Vacation and Back, Plus Random
We're back from a lovely two weeks at the best little house in the world.  I'll save time (so much to catch up on!) by linking to Janet's first post and you can proceed through all five entries.  The boys absolutely loved the sand and water and freedom.  It was... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 6, 2007, 10:41 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
Noah's Visit to the ER
Yesterday, Noah poked a coat hanger into his eye.  All is well now, but I wanted to post the adventure.  My mom wrote up the story after my phone conversation with her, so I'm going to paste that here to save typing.  I'll interject where I want to add details or... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 14, 2007, 4:07 pm
Category: Noah
Strawberry Picking
This is the weekend for strawberry festivals and several local farms have pick-your-own fields.  Last year, when I was about 39 weeks pregnant, Mom, Dad, Jon, Jonathan and I picked 14 lbs of strawberries at Trax Farms . Jon is on a business trip, but I wanted to get at least some fresh,... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 10, 2007, 5:58 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
Noah's First Step!
Well, Grammy, he didn't wait for you.  For your sake, I'm sorry, but it's really hard to be sad about such a fun milestone!   I think he didn't even intend to do it.  He pushed up to standing from my leg, then took a step, then grabbed my shoulder and took... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 23, 2007, 2:03 pm
Category: Noah
Random Recent Things All In One Post
We went to Florida for vacation with the Daleys for one week and the Wightmans for another week.  It was a great time.  But this leaves me behind on posting, so here we go... On one of our many walks in Clearwater Beach, Jonathan was walking along with a little stick hanging out of... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 18, 2007, 4:16 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
Global Warming
We got our gas bill for February - the highest we have gotten in a long time.  Apparently, the average temperature was eleven degrees colder than last year, causing us to use two and a half time more gas than we did last February. We did leave our heat on more last month than usual, but... (More)
Posted by jondaley on March 5, 2007, 3:41 pm
Category: Reviews
Jon's 30th Birthday Party
We had a big bash, hosted by the Moores.  I invited all our Pittsburgh friends that I had valid email addresses for. (So if you missed it and are disappointed, send me your correct email address!) Total attendees: 45 (including babies.)   We all had a lot of fun, and I'd like to... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 14, 2007, 1:05 pm
Category: General
Unsupervised Electrical Experiment
I'll begin by assuaging grandparental fears: no one is hurt!  And now I'll start from the beginning.  As mentioned elsewhere, it is extremely cold out today.  We forgot to open the cupboard under the kitchen sink and thus the pipes froze.   I put our space heater on... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 5, 2007, 4:51 pm
Category: Jonathan
Thoughts on Marriage
A friend of John Kuhns was asked some questions about marriage and what the point of it is.  This was his response: I think you are right that marriage is becoming less and less meaningful these days. People seem to think of marriage as just a very-committed relationship. When you are in a... (More)
Posted by jondaley on January 17, 2007, 9:11 pm
Category: Reviews
Saturday Adventure
It has been a long time since the last time Jonathan and I went out on a trip together, and Heather suggested that I take the kids to give her some time to clean and other things by herself. First, we glued all of the dining room chairs, since they have been falling apart more than usual... (More)
Posted by jondaley on December 9, 2006, 7:31 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Long Commute
Tonight, due to the Steeler's game, the first snowfall, and regular silly commuters, my trip home took an hour and 15 minutes, resulting in an average speed of 3.5 miles an hour. The last mile and a half took 45 minutes. I even saved a half an hour by calling Heather when I got close to... (More)
Posted by jondaley on December 7, 2006, 9:07 pm
Category: Reviews
TV
Reading Mom's post about the TV/autism study reminded me of my own recent negative TV experience. On Friday at care group, Jonathan inadvertantly went to the babysitting before we wanted him to, and they ended up seeing several kids' shows on video. Much of his conversation all weekend... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 24, 2006, 4:07 pm
Category: Jonathan, Reviews
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