Family Life

Tomorrow’s the day. Crunch time. All deadlines due. Friday. We had a last-minute panic meeting at work after lunch today. People are really feeling the pressure: we finished our half-hour meeting in 45 minutes. Never had a meeting that quick before. For the rest of the afternoon there were six people working on one machine, [...]

Micah managed to push himself up from lying on his tummy, so that his head was upright. He’s been attempting to push himself up for weeks, with brief and limited success. Today he held his head high and looked around. He was so pleased with himself! He could see what was going on! Abundant praises [...]

See, there was this snake that decided to go fishing one day. Why? He was hungry, of course. Now actual fish might be a bit challenging for a little grass snake. And he’d have to cross a road to get to the river. Not something to be undertaken lightly. Besides, there was a far yummier [...]

Last night was peak time for the Perseid meteor shower. It was a clear night, so I went out around 11:30 with my camera, tripod, and deck chair. And some warm clothes. I was hoping to see some meteors. I drove out into the country to try and find some dark sky, but this is [...]

To be fair to Daniel I thought I should add to yesterday’s post and admit that I, too, love to accumulate stuff. Like father like son. Daniel wants toys. I need gadgets. I spend a good part of my spare time each week browsing through newspaper ads and online stores, window shopping for computer gear, [...]