I don’t know any decent Labor Day jokes, so I’ll refrain from trying to make one up. Just insert whatever you can come up with on your own here. This wasn’t supposed to be a three-day weekend for The Wife and I, but it became one for me since The Girl’s daycare was closed today. [...]
I’m generally a trusting person. So even though the new commercial building that’s going up behind us seemed a little on the close side, I figured it was probably kosher. I mean, surely the city enforces its own building codes. Surely the builder would stick to the plans he submitted to the city. Surely our [...]
Sometime around noon today, I started to really miss The Boy, who’s still got another week to go before he returns to us from his grandparents. Not sure why, but I guess without work to distract me I had time to realize how much empty time there is in my day without him around. I [...]
Over the past few days, The Girl has discovered how to use her hands more effectively. It all started with some general arm flapping last week and now she’s figured out how to move her little fingers independently, meaning she can now grab things pretty well. She’s become an expert at removing her pacifier and [...]
This weekend was completely unproductive for everyone at our house. Well, not completely unproductive. The Boy and I did manage to knock out a whole bunch of Zelda this afternoon. But really, isn’t that how weekends should be? To celebrate our complete lack of productivity over the past 48 hours, I give you not one, [...]
Ugh, today marked the return of an unwelcome chore – mowing the lawn. Fortunately I was a little smarter about it this year and didn’t wait until the grass was twelve feet high like last year (possibly an exaggeration, I didn’t actually measure it) and consequently it wasn’t that bad. Took me about two hours. [...]
First of all – today’s a half-day at work followed by a week and a half of vacation. Woo hoo! You can’t beat that. The Wife had another appointment yesterday and although it doesn’t appear that The Baby will be falling out any time soon, she has at least started to make some minor progress [...]
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