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Heather asked me to give her the monthly time logs for invoices today, so I took the opportunity to run my brand new script that shows how I've spent my time over the entire year. I averaged: 13.7 hours a week on directly billable work 7.6 hours a week on maintaining the company, phone... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 23, 2010, 11:40 am
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

Waterproofing the Basement

If Heather hasn't been writing recently, that means I'm not writing at all... First, the basement - after all of the ongoing water problems, and finding out this year that only fixing the gutters was not going to fix the entire problem, and if one is going to get water a couple times a year,... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 22, 2010, 10:01 pm
Category: Reviews

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

Book List

I haven't done one of those Facebook lists in a while, and a couple friends filled this one out, so I thought I'd join in. This list apparently comes from the BBC, who said that the average person has only read 6 of these. Seems like a small number to me, but since the average... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 25, 2010, 11:18 am
Category: Reviews

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 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

Short Pocket Notes

This is short but my pocket notes are full and I need a new paper. 9/25 - Noah, wearing his Swiss tshirt and red shorts, "This is my hockey outfit. My hockey team is called Swiss Fire!" In lieu of nursing for any length of time (which is very irritating when pregnant and seems to get... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 1, 2010, 2:56 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Bedtime Cleanup

Inspired by an article in Family Fun magazine, I developed a fun motivator for bedtime cleanup that really works. Before, there would be lots of complaining, dilly-dallying and nagging. Now the house is clean every night before bed and the job is done quickly! Here's how it... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 25, 2010, 6:32 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Pocket Notes

I'm definitely feeling the baby now! Movements are most noticeable when I am lying down. 9/14 - Jon had mentioned that the next time Jonathan got sneakers, they should have laces. Jonathan had never learned to tie his shoes because he never had tie shoes. At almost seven... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 25, 2010, 6:20 pm
Category: Jonathan, Pregnancy, Noah, Faith

Notes, Mostly Jonathan Quotes, Faith's Birthday

8/31 - The boys were making octopuses out of their banana peels. Jonathan called his a "cinctopus". It had five legs. His reason, "Because uno, dos, tres..." 9/6 - Faith's second birthday! When you ask her how old she is, she will answer,... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 11, 2010, 8:32 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

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: Third Day

As I looked at the maps for the third day, we were going to be biking near various battlefields and other tourist-type places to visit, and so in the interest of resting a little, I decided we should drive for a ways and then maybe bike in the afternoon. We drove from Williamsport... (More)

Posted by jondaley on August 20, 2010, 5:25 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith