Mission Barrette
Our latest effort is letting Abigail’s bangs grow out. I have no idea why. It just is. Anyway. This requires barrettes to keep the hair out of her eyes until it’s long enough to tuck behind her ear. If you know Abigail, she hates things in her hair, so we have an arsenal of barrettes […]
Heat Difference
It’s been three years since we heated with just the pellet stove. While having babies we decided to use the forced air furnace to get a more even constant heat throughout the house. Now that they’re older, we’re back to pellet stove only. It’s not cold, but it’s not hot like it has been the […]
I’m Gonna Kill a Mockingbird
We have a mockingbird that thinks the bird feeders are his. He’s keeping all the other birds away. Might have to do something about that. – b
Now Lauren’s Sick
She isn’t dealing as well with the fever as Abigail did. She was so unhappy about it last night, she stopped walking. And of course didn’t sleep. – b
Fitbit
For Christmas Jen got me a Fitbit. It’s what I’d call a little electronic personal activity tracker. Based on my age and weight, I think it makes some assumptions about my calorie burn rate, then tracks movement and extrapolates… It also has some goals it somehow sets and tracks my activity toward. After my first […]
Oh Tannenbaum
Our Christmas tree gave us a little gift this year. Actually it gave us hundreds of gifts. It appears (from the web extending between the tree and ceiling) that a Momma spider hatched her little spiderlings all over our ceiling. yay. not. – b
White/Slushy Christmas
It is a white Christmas! Though last night was tough. One of the toughest in a long time. Abigail went to bed with a slight fever and Lauren was more interested in playing than eating yesterday. Abigail got up no less than 3 times last night. Same for Lauren. Mom and Abigail are still sleeping. […]