So more pictures of the construction...another milestone. The insulation is up (itch itch), most of the drywall made it into the house was put up on the walls.....and today's achievement. We removed the old back door.....free access to the new addition!
Little Whip wrote an article about mulitaling the brain damaged..... check out her site for her opinion. I'm posting my comment here so that you can flame away and because this seems to be stimulating my willingness to joe. I want to have aplace where I can comment to my heart's content and not worry about if my comment is more like a full blog.... her article: Link the link to the family's site: Link I am going to side on the side of the parents. *cringe from the f...
Did you know that if you have 20 sheets of drywall in the back of a half ton pickup truck and the guy who loaded them says, "Don't worry, they won't shift."......they will? Did you know that they will shift at the worst possible moment? More specifically, Did you know that they will shift right when you accelerate to turn onto the access road to the highway? (with LOTS of traffic headed your way) Did you know that if you have a 4 wheel drive, you can whip into the grass, turn around...
Did you know that if it takes about 15 minutes to disconnect acomputer, monitor, camera, keyboard, mouse, printer, scanner, and camera? Did you know that it takes signifigantly longer to move said computer and reassemble it? Did you know that if you forget that you installed a separate video card several months agao, you will have 2 video connetions? Did you know if the new one is really low and set in a bit, you will probably only see one, and get really frustarated when you can't ...
*Those stupid bulletins and/or emails that you get saying, "Your account will be deleted if you don't repost this/send this to 37,000 people!!! Blaaaahhh!!" If MySpace/MSN/Hotmail/Yahoo--whatever--was going to delete my account, they wouldn't depend on YOU to send me the bulletin/email, okay? Anyone who actually believes this crap is an idiot. If that ever were to happen, MySpace or your email provider would send an official notice and it would be on eNews and all kinds of crap. It's not goin...
It seems like it was just yesterday I was blogging the Tales of a Two Year Old series....and now boy is 4 1/2 and reading. Not just sounding out words on a flash card mind you, but actually reading. I decided to get him a cool book and NOT read any of it to him, I made him read all 30 pages of "Hi Fly Guy" by himself. That's not to say I didnt' help him occasionally. I am mostly responsible for reminding him the rules for a silent e and explaining why the K is silent on "knows...
I finally did it. I told my mother that she is no longer welcome in my home. There will be no phone calls, letters or other contact. . I talked to my sister afterward and she gave me some interesting advice. She has a list she wrote at 16. Somewhere between a nervous breakdown and a hospital stay, she was crying about non other than good old mom. My dad suggested she write it down and get out all her pain and frustration. So she did and it helped. But now it's helped he...
Some background. My two year old is tiny. 20 lbs. She is so small that she falls inside the little training seat that sits on the toilet. So I bought her a potty chair. She likes to climb inside it instead of sitting on it to pee. So I decided that every time her older brother goes to the bathroom, she will go too and sit on her chair. After a week, she no longer sits IN the chair but on it. Still no pee, but we are making progress. This is a conversation I overheard. Connor...
Things you never knew about vomit that you probably wish you didn't. A phone covered in vomit will stop working.....and even if it didn't, the smell makes it unusable. A 22.5 lb baby girl can vomit 10 lbs of puke in four days and only lose 2 if you keep pushing fluids. Vomit must be washed out of hair immediately. If you miss a tiny spot of vomit, it will dry and form a cement-like bond with the hair that will not wash out with soap and water. Screaming too long can induce ...
This morning started very early. 1 am early. I was awakened by the sounds of a barely 2 year old girl sobbing. I found her sobbing between barfs. After a carefully timed rescue/clean up mission, we sat (on several layers of blanket) on the couch. I just tried to calm her down. Vomit smells bad, feels worse coming up and is a frightening way to wake up. We go through the barf, remove top layer of blanket routine a few times before it looks like the worst has subsided. (ps It hadn...
I've been noticing the kitchen and living room are noticably warmer than the rest of the house. I don't hae the heat on yet, and usually this only happens when I cook. The cooking has been pretty minimal as of late.....I'm eating lots of leftovers, although I'm running low. (Time to cook the other turkey) I woke up this morning and had a revelation when I turned on my tree..... It's the lights. Each strand of lights doesn't put out much heat, but I lost count this year and have be...
Link I love this. Go to above site. If you can replace the picture (on the original site) with something of your own....you get a free PS3