When we bought our house, one of the huge bonuses for me was the giant, beautiful tree in the front yard. I remember standing there marveling at it while the home inspection was going on, ignoring the house completely. At the time it was early spring and the leaves on only just budding. I knew...
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… as in, sometimes there *is* such a thing as a free lunch. Our new house had a manual thermostat, which looks like it significantly pre-dated the 1993 construction date of our house. Perhaps they were fans of antique HVAC? Anyway, it was one of the things added to my mental list to replace...
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Friday, September 26, 2008 Posted in Jaia
There are some great TV shows on PBS, including Sesame Street, which has changed a lot since my day! Most of it is taken up by shows within a show like Elmo’s World and Global Grover. All the old muppets are there though – Oscar is still such a grouch! We’ve stumbled upon It’s a...
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This conference I’m attending has been in the works for months. And in less than 3 hours it’s over. I cannot wait. Life gets back to normal at home and at work after this trip is over. Hopefully the stress lowers a bit so that we can really, really enjoy the little things again.
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I am sitting in a beautiful hotel room. I am smack dab in the middle of a business trip and I am much too far away from home. This is offically the most amount of time I’ve ever spent away from Jaia. I was on the fence about how I felt as the cab pulled...
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Jaia’s daycare provider sends us pics every day of her adventures. Yesterday they played outside in the rain
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 Posted in Jaia, Photos
My Halloween Bean.
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From swimsuit to wool hat in under a week.
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Jaia experienced her first celebrity sighting last night and in the tiny mountain town we’ve been staying in, no less. The local Pizza hut was advertising a ‘Night with Elmo’. Or at least he was going to be at Pizza hut from 4 to 8 on September 2nd. I was pumped. I tried to get...
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