Family Life

I found out today that my web service provider had secretly added a “service” to track all my web pages, all my visitors. They did this by tacking on some code at the end of every page. At first I thought someone had hacked into this blog, because the addition completely killed the WordPress admin [...]

Some nights the kids get to play in the bath. Tonight was not one of those nights. Tonight it was assembly-line style. Daniel, the oldest, was ready first: into the tub, dunk, lather, rinse, haul out onto the mat, dry, pajamas, done. Daniel was at the haul-out phase when Joel wandered into the tub, and [...]

Last night I went out after dinner to take a photo of the International Space Station as it went overhead. NASA’s website told me when to expect it and what path it would take. I’d been watching the schedule for several days, but overcast skies prevented any actual viewing. Last night was the final opportunity [...]

I started to tidy up the Lego last night, clearing the floor in anticipation of vacuuming. Rather than throw everything into a box, as usual, I decided to do a more thorough job and take everything apart first. To understand how much peril this involved, you’d have to understand the rules of Lego. Rule #1: [...]

On Friday Debbie made white bread in the bread maker. That evening we had thick slices of fresh bread, liberally spread with butter, dipped in savoury home-made vegetable soup. What a delightful meal for a cold winter’s night. Daniel had his first swimming lesson for the season, and it was the usual rush to finish [...]