We’ve been slowly redoing the south half of our front yard over the past few years, removing the out-of-control giant tree-shrubs, and finally the out-of-control undergrowth. The undergrowth was tackled by Talia and Luis, parents of Shandra (Zoey’s babysitter/Rona’s student) as part of the Yardwork-for-Lessons barter deal (totally unrelated to Oil-for-Food). A couple days ago [...]
Oh My! Yes, things are winding up to wind down (?), if you know what I mean. We went to the University District Street Fair last Sunday after going to a wonderful brunch at Salty’s. If you haven’t been to the brunch at Salty’s, save up some cash and go! It is sooooo delicious! And [...]
Methinks we have a little comedian in our midst. She did the absolute funniest thing during her bath a few nights ago. When mommy does Zoey’s bath, it is usually quick on the cleaning her up part, then I let her play for a while until she gives us the “up” sign or she stands [...]
We just got a happy gram from the IRS today. Somehow, it seems you always have to take a deep breath before opening these. A couple weeks ago we got our IRS refund direct deposited into our checking account. And holy smokes, it was more than triple the amount it was supposed to be. First [...]
Zoey has walked about 6 steps now, in three total walking episodes. Her new favorite food is strawberries, with crock pot chili running a close second. She is also fond of spelt pasta with spaghetti sauce. She can say "murph" while pointing at Murphee and "eeece" while pointing at everything and everyone else. Whereas "murph" [...]
Yesterday I installed Adobe Creative Suite Premium (purchased using Rona’s phenomenal educational discount), and it’s awesome! For years I used Photoshop 5.5 in Windows, and I’ve been waffling between The Gimp and Graphic Converter on the Mac. I’m ecstatic to have Photoshop once more, and this time it’s version 8.0, with a free upgrade to [...]
