First Night Ride
After dinner and before bed Abigail wanted to go outside and run around. As we headed through the garage, she changed her mind and decided she wanted to ride her bike. It wasn’t hard then to convince her we should ride our bikes together in the park, so I grabbed a flashlight, my bike and […]
Hacked!
My email got hacked by someone in Japan at 5pm this evening. Shortly there-after you may have received an email from me, but it wasn’t actually from me. Don’t click on it. I’ve reset my security. Hopefully things are better. On the plus side, I can now update my address book with all the failed […]
2012 Solar Update
It’s been a few months since I’ve mentioned any solar info. So here’s some info. Back in April I showed you a graph similar to this. This gives me a monthly comparison of power produced to power consumed from the grid. As you can see (click on the image to open it bigger and clearer) […]
One Sleeps The Other Doesn’t
After two nights of having Lauren sleep better than ever, Abigail got sick. From 3 am on she was up every 20 minutes or so with congestion. As anyone with kids knows, there’s not much you can do. She sounded horrible, and I felt horrible for her. The cycle of waking and sleeping lasted somewhere […]
Rule The Little Giant
In closing the pool with the new safety cover there was a little debate as to which automatic cover pump to get. In the past I’d used a “manual” pump to remove water from the top of the cover. Manual in the sense I had to lower it in the water, turn it on, then […]
Pool’s Closed
Got our safety cover installed and the pool closed yesterday. If I’d known how easy this would make closing and opening the pool, I’d of done it years ago. No more concrete blocks. No more rotten 2×4’s. No more cleaning, drying or patching for 20 years hopefully. Most importantly it’s safe. Really safe. Haven’t walked […]
Lauren Sleeps
At Lauren’s 9 month appt. the Dr. told Jen Lauren should be sleeping 6 – 8 hours a night. Ok then. Time to double down on the “sleep training/routine”. Lauren gets a book, then it’s off to bed. It’s not like we haven’t done this before, but this time it worked. Instead of what’s been […]
Lauren Eats
A lot. That was a single meal. She’s not the kind that screams if you’re not getting the food in there fast enough, but she eats a significant amount more than Abigail ever did – quite possible more than Abigail does now. At her 9 month appt. the other day she came out at 50% […]
Last Swim of 2012
Having a safety cover installed tomorrow, so we had to extend our pool season this year. Not that we’ve swam since August, but the pool’s been open and running. Being the last day and a little on the warm side (the air – NOT THE WATER), we went for a little swim. Did I mention […]
Pick Me Up Elbow
I’ve got a bad case of Tennis Elbow. Dr. thinks my work is the root cause. I have other ideas. “Pick me up Daddy!” It’s been hurting for about 2 weeks. It’s worse on the weekends. Thursday night was real bad when I picked up the iron skillet to scoop out dinner. “Pop!” went my […]