A few days ago, Arin has finally figured out how to stick Legos together! Check out his amazing stripey tower. Of course, he’s feigning disinterest because I wanted to a cute picture of him proudly holding his work… go figure.
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So, a little while ago I was going through some recipes for ‘healthy’ baked yummies… the kind those crazy raw food / super health nuts would make for their kids and husbands. I’m trying to generally trend towards healthier foods with less chemical additives, so I figured why not go to the source. I kept seeing references to Agave Nectar, and these women were touting it as a healthy and fabulous miracle sweetener that was totally 100% great to use in place of horrible things like corn syrup, sugar, or honey (which everyone knows rots your insides and makes you…
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I used to spend a lot of time tooling around in Photoshop making my photos look perfect, or crazy. That was all well and good, but with the appearance of Bobo on the scene, my Photoshop time was drastically decreased. I was never really into actions before, but once I realized how fun, controllable and quick they were I was a convert. If I just want to quickly slap a picture up I usually just resize it and optimize the Levels, and call it a day (like the picture above). But, if I want it to look fancy, which includes…
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Apparently there is a new 3D Monsters vs. Aliens movie out… and it’s for kids? I thought this was a scary and gory R rated movie that came out 2 years ago, but I guess that one was PREDATOR vs. Alien. Whatever. In any case, Carl took JJ to go see it, and kept the glasses. Of course Bobo thought they were great. Doesn’t he look dapper?When I was little, 3D glasses were made out of paper and had one red and one blue eye… now they’re fancy sunglasses with some top secret laser etching technology on them. Makes for…
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Whenever people ask me what time Bobo goes to bed or gets up in the morning I always say, ‘It varies,’ and get an eyeroll in response, as if I’m being deliberately stubborn. ‘I know it varies, he’s a baby… but what time usually?’ ‘IT VARIES.’ If he had a USUAL bedtime/waking time I wouldn’t hedge around the issue just to make conversation, I’d tell you straight off! It’s not like he gets up between 8:30-8:50 each day or something and I’m just exaggerating, honestly!I would LIKE him to go to bed/wake up at set times, but that doesn’t seem…
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For my DBA (Oracle Database Administration) class we were told to get a portable flash drive to store our databases on, one which we could easily transport to class. I already had one, but it is large and has all my precious travel photos on it, so I grabbed a new one at Costco. Well, we haven’t really needed it yet, but for the next course when we do, I decided to spruce mine up. It seems that most everyone in my classes are serious, older, already working in the field, professional IT types. So I thought of a great…
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On Wednesday evening we dropped Julie off at the airport, bound for London. I really wish we had all been going, but she was so rude as to not include us in her two-week adventure! The nerve, I know. We hope she has a safe trip and brings us home lots of presents including GU Choco Pots and Waitrose Chicken Tikka Masala. MMMMMMMmmmm. Bon Voyage!
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Eep, I found a sneaky little gnome that lives in kitchen cabinets and steals all the lids to tupperware so they never ever match!
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We’ve had a bunch of drama with Arin’s strollers. First, when he was tiny, we had a Snap-n-Go that worked great with his car seat, I really liked it and it wasn’t too bulky. Of course, before he was out of his baby seat, one of the rear wheels fell off! I kept putting it back on, but every time we would walk somewhere it would fall off again every 15 seconds. There was no way to reattach it permanently, so finally I had to give up.Somewhere during this time Cheri gave us a stroller she got with her car…
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One of the local churches in the next town over was holding a supper to raise money, so we decided to mosey on over and enjoy the “Mediterranean Delights” they advertised. Well, it wasn’t quite so gourmet, but we had a good time hanging out. The church is one of three (or more?) on the Town Common, so afterward we let Bobo run around the grass and play on the gazebo for a while. Just look at that little darling making a kissy face!
