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Marriage Retreat
Heather and I had the opportunity to attend a marriage retreat with 10 or so couples from our church this weekend, up at Rangeley Lake...
jondaley, 7 October 2013 |
Pocket Notes
Faith had a blast at Star Island with Grammy and Papa. 7/25 - JDD, explaining why he likes to use a certain spoon for his breakfast...
Full Summer/Pocket Notes
Having a dad in the fire department is educational in more than just fire safety: 5/17 - Jon is called to an accident "involving...
This is what makes it all worth while
So last week I was worn out with the extra work that unexpected messes bring. Today I'm tired but happy about it. Yesterday,...
Strike Three, I'm Ready To Be Out
Thursday morning, we wake up to find mouse droppings and other evidence all over the kitchen. Result: big kitchen scrubdown....
American Indians: the original free-range parents
Quote from Vostaas: White Buffalo's Story of Plains Indian Life by William White Buffalo: "Many Indian boys, and some girls, too,...
Pocket Notes
Joy says "lellow" for yellow, which appears to be her favorite color. 4/24 - Jeremiah figured out his thumb! It's the left one he...
Pocket Notes
3/30 - Jeremiah started cooing. He also can make minimal forward progress along the bed when waking up. Joy says "my do it" for...
Pocket Notes
3/24 - Faith counts to 100 by ones. 3/25 - Joy says "Miah" for Jeremiah. She started this before that day, but that's the first...
Pocket Notes
Oh, yes. It has been half a year since my last pocket notes post... 9/6 - Joy says "yum" and "yummy", "all done/gone" (sounds...
Jeremiah's Birth Story
My due date was February 21. Jonathan, Noah, and Faith had all been exactly five days late. Joy was early, but we weren't sure of her...
Food Additives: Corn Syrup, Red #40, Aspartame, and...
The first blog post in a long time, I realize. And I won't make any promises about more frequent updates, etc. I have found...
My Mother-In-Law's Insight Into Homeschooling
We are still working on renovating our new house, and thus we are still living with Jon's generous parents. And since we are...
Pocket Notes
9/19 - Joy has been telling me when she needs a new diaper (patting her bottom) but this day, she got out the changing pad and...
Spammer Statistics
I was poking around the logs today, and saw that of the 500 comments that were attempted on the blog yesterday 0 of them were actual...
Don't Like How America Votes? Just Click To Change It
The Google Maps Blog shared this fun use of the maps API - see what the votes look like if different states vote different...
Pocket Notes
These notes are really old, but not lost. 6/7 - Noah's first lost tooth. Bottom left front. It took a very long time for...
Homemade Roller Coaster
Here's a cool thing: a homemade roller coaster . Though it seems like it was probably a lot of work and not quite as exciting as...
Tim Hawkins: Chick-fil-A song
A Nice Problem To Have
Today, I had to call the library to ask them to tell Jonathan it was time to come home for dinner. He had left me a note while I...
Pregnant While Moving for the Third Time
I thought this deserved its own post. I am pregnant! The baby is due right around Joy's second birthday, the end of...
The Big Move
How do I begin? Not really at the beginning. June 15, we sold the house we were living in and drove to New Hampshire in two moving...
Pocket Notes
Pictures from April till now are posted. (See link on the sidebar) 5/24 - I don't remember the context, but the quote from Jonathan...
Pocket Notes
4/11 - Jonathan likes to be creative with lunches. He made dill pickle and mustard sandwiches that day. He liked it. As I was...
Make Sure to Update Your Software
I like knowing when my software updates, but I do like the software to automatically check, and I generally update as soon as...