Category: The Daily Grind

2009 is a “big” vacation year and this time we chose to do our vacation in the spring while the elementary kids are off track because it meant only Emily would have to miss class. We thought it would be fun to go back east and visit Williamsburg VA, Washington D.C., and Maryland where Nancy’s… Continue reading Vacation 2009 – On your mark, get set, fizzle!

After replacing my backflow valve last spring I vowed to remove the entire valve in the fall so that it wouldn’t have any chance of freezing during the winter. Unfortunately, good intentions in spring are often forgotten when summer and fall roll around. Even though I turned off the water I forgot to remove the… Continue reading I Hate Backflow Valves

Last Friday I was able to stand in for Samuel’s grandparents at the first grade annual grandparent’s/VIP day. This was the culmination of all the first graders work on memorizing poems and songs during the school year. Samuel was so excited about this day that he kept reminding me about it constantly. I got there… Continue reading Buddy’s VIP Program

Our seeds came from Burpees while I was in Hawaii. It was a bummer too because last week was the perfect weather for early spring planting of pea seeds. This week it’s wet and rainy. I was wondering how people manage to sow seeds in early spring when the soil is so wet and then… Continue reading Someday I’ll Grow Broccoli

February was a slow month for posting – only one legitimate post. Sorry about that folks. We’ll try to do better during March. I’ve added a post to the February archives: Luppin’s Reward

Even though it snowed this morning and there’s no sign of spring, it’s time to start planning the garden again. Every year I get excited to garden as spring approaches; however, as the hot summer descends my enthusiasm wanes and Nancy ends up doing most of the weeding and watering during the summer. Every year… Continue reading Garden Planning

It’s time to go through the events of the past few months and whittle down the backlog of posts that have been stacking up. I put the posts in chronological order for purposes of archiving but I’ve had feedback from my numerous readers (all two of them) that it would be nice if I somehow… Continue reading Historical Revisionism

Luppin got her Blending Badge at Challenger School. The traditional reward for getting your Alphabet Crown or Blending Badge has been a family dinner at the restaurant of your choice. The only problem with this reward is that other siblings tend to start lobbying the decision-maker and promoting their own choice of restaurant. This results… Continue reading Luppin’s Reward

I got Nancy an iPod for Christmas. It was the first iPod or other portable MP3 player in our houshold. I know, I know – iPods have been around forever and you can’t believe a technical guy like me has never owned an iPod before. It turns out that I’m really not all that into… Continue reading We’re Now an iPod Family

Anne has been bugging me to post more. I suppose I did get pretty lazy during the Holiday season so last night I finally decided to get off my duff and write up a post. But I wanted to write the post on my laptop in my bedroom… But all the pictures were on my… Continue reading For Want of a Nail…