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Category Archives: Home Life
Charlie is Starting to Sleep Through the Night
He’s slept through the night twice now. Sleep is good. We like sleep.
What I Saw at the Zoo
Knoxville Zoo Beauty Salon for Goats I took the day off Friday to chaperone Natalie’s kindergarten class to the zoo. Good times.
Baby Charlie Logan is Home
We brought Charlie home from Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, so now the whole family is together. Baby and Melissa both had doctor’s appointments yesterday. Charlie checked out great. Melissa’s getting better. She’s going back tomorrow and Monday for followups. Having … Continue reading
Conversation in a Delivery Room
MELISSA: Do you mind if I watch my soap opera? ME: Nope. MELISSA: Go up a channel. ME: Is it that one? MELISSA: No. CBS. ME: Is this your show? MELISSA: That’s it. ME: Hey, look. They’re having a baby … Continue reading
Babies and Smells and Dogs
Shortly after baby Charlie was born he was transferred the the NICU at another hospital because his bloodwork showed signs of an infection. To help him bond with Melissa while she was recovering the hospital, they had her sleep with … Continue reading
Update on Charlie
A few hours after Charlie was delivered, the doctors got his blood tests back and found high white cell counts and high bands. They decided to move him to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to treat him for an infection. He’s … Continue reading
Baby Charlie Logan Jones is here. 8 pounds 1 ounces and 20 inches. Baby and mother both are beautiful and resting.
Melissa’s water broke at 2:00 am. Natural delivery didn’t work, so she had a c-section around 3:30 pm. I can only access the hospital WiFi from the cafeteria, so I’m not blogging much. Pics later.
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Big Electrical Duh
I had an electrician out to get an estimate on some work. Mentioned that some of the outlets on the kitchen counter had suddenly stopped working. He checks something, says to try them, and they work. What gives? Turns out … Continue reading
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I rarely like pictures of myself
but I’ll make an exception for this one. That’s me with my two girls at the Girl Scouts Daddy Daughter Dance.
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Baby Boy Update: The Name, Ultrasound Pics, and Baby’s Gonna Be Here Sooner Than We Thought
The Name The baby boy is going to be Charlie Logan Jones. Charlie is my wife’s father’s name. He’s thrilled beyond words to have a grandson named after him. On my father’s side of the family Charlie Houston Putnam is … Continue reading
Anyone operating a home weather station or a Weather Underground node?
It seems like a fun home science project for the family. Thinking about this $130 kit, but very open to suggestions since I don’t know what I’m doing. Ambient Weather WS-1090 Wireless Home Weather Station w/ Data Logging & Atomic … Continue reading
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Male Red-Bellied Woodpecker
In this picture we see the proverbial woodpecker lips. Why they call these red-bellied woodpeckers I’ll never know. It’s more like the “little patch of rust on its belly woodpecker.” Allaboutbirds.com has a great guide to the red-belly and similar … Continue reading
Who Has Two Thumbs and Loves Their Fisher Space Pen?
My company has a contract with NASA. Eight years or so ago I visited NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on company business. I thought it was pretty cool, so to mark the occasion I bought a Fisher Space … Continue reading
Conversation About the Candy Crime of the Century
KATIE: She took my gum! NATALIE: No I didn’t! KATIE: Yes you did! NATALIE: That was my gum! ME: We’ve got somewhere to be. We’ll have the Nuremberg Candy Trials later. Now let’s go.
Pregnancy update
Went to the 27 week ultrasound with Melissa. The baby is healthy. The ultrasounds tech says he’s going to be a tall one based on the length of the humerus. He’s in the 85th percentile for size. He’s currently in … Continue reading
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Why I practice preparedness but am not into “survivalism” #187
Actual article on the front page of Survivalblog.com today: Raising Guinea Pigs as a Survival Food. I try not to judge. Different people fall at different points on the preparedness spectrum. Some people surely think I’m paranoid because I own … Continue reading
Metabolism Shifts
For as long as I can remember I’ve slept warm. I’ve liked sleeping in a cold bedroom and never wore warm pajamas or socks in bed. Then a few months ago a bug swept through our house. Our family doctor … Continue reading
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So Long, Kitty
Sad weekend in the Jones house as we said goodbye to our cat Felix. The girls adored him. Our other cat Milo was too skittish for the girls to play with, so Felix got all the attention. Felix was from … Continue reading
Emergency AM/FM/WB Radios and Other Preparedness for Old Man Winter
The little snow this weekend reminds me that it’s time to talk about winter preparedness. For Christmas we gave a lot of these Eton-Red Cross AM/FM/Weatherband crank-solar radio/flashlight/cell phone chargers $35) paired with Sterno 55 hour emergency candles ($6). They … Continue reading
The Spirit of Christmas
This was seven year old Katie’s letter to Santa that she left with the milk and cookies. Mr. Tommy works at Friends, Katie’s after-school program. Katie really likes him and he’s leaving for a new job. Katie told Santa she … Continue reading
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