We just had a very busy couple of weeks, Brassapalooza Trumpet Camp, Evan went to GenCon in Indianapolis, and Evan’s parents were here for a week to help us out. During this time, Evelyn, Earl, and I took the kids to the portrait studio to get some pictures done. I haven’t done pictures at the [...]
We’ve had several visitors since Keegan’s birth. The most helpful (no offense to the others, who have also been great) have been Grandma Evelyn and Grandpa Earl, who arrived on Monday and stayed until this morning. Grandma sat up with Keegan (aka Mister No-Sleep-At-Night) every night for several hours (like from 2 or so am [...]
Power was restored to our neighborhood at about 5pm tonight. That means the house was without electricity for 114 hours, if I did the math correctly. We’ve cleaned out the fridge and the big freezer, throwing out hundreds of dollars worth of spoiled or suspect food in the process. Sure, the fridge and freezer needed [...]
Normally as you drive off of the main roads and start venturing up the hills of Lake Forest Park toward our house, a surprisingly strong, fresh woodsy scent pervades the car through the air vents. I always wonder a bit about that—if it smells that great from inside a car, driving past the corner shop [...]
Chris and Nicole and I got back from Gen Con last night, and my talented and adorable wife picked us up at the airport (thanks, Sweetie!). The show was great, as has been documented elsewhere, but I hope to post some of my own thoughts soon.
More important than that, though, is our working refrigerator! [...]
It’s still Friday, but we decided to assemble Zoey’s new big girl bed that Evan and I bought last week. I put together all but the three drawers that roll underneath the bed. It turned out pretty nice! The next step is to get her some twin mattress pads and some more sheets and a [...]
Well, painting Zoey’s room anyway…
Her old paint job.
Here is what we found. Yuck. Mold?
So, we decided to paint pronto. Over the past several months I had been looking at painting and decorating books and magazines for kids’ rooms. We decided to go with something bright. We can always paint it again in a [...]
Lightning on the 4th of July
Brian mentioned that he wished he could see the lighting + fireworks images a lot larger. Because I care, I’ve posted the original photos to flickr, neither cropped nor size-reduced, which means they’re 3008 pixels by 2000 pixels, at 300 dpi. Enjoy!
(As seen in my set [...]
We’ve posted before about how the view from the back deck of our new house took us by surprise once the clouds cleared away. Gorgeous sunrises and a sweeping view of the Cascade Range, including Mount Baker—what more could we want?
Well, last night was the Fourth of July, and we returned home from our [...]
Okay, this is really a hack instead of a fix, but it does work. Since moving in we’ve been really frustrated with the ice and water dispensers in the freezer door of our Kenmore side-by-side fridge. Sometimes they work great, but other times, you can hardly get anything out of either the ice chute or [...]
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