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Category Archives: Home Life
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
Merry Christmas 2011
Merry Christmas, y’all. This has been a very drama-free holiday for us. We got the tree up early. We got the presents bought and wrapped with no fuss. Post-25th we plan on visiting friends and family and watching old movies. … Continue reading
It’s a boy
We had the 21 week ultrasound yesterday. After two daughters I’ll be having a son. I’ll be able to buy things in something other than pink!
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It begins
Natalie’s kindergarten teacher sent a note home today. Natalie took a boy into the boy’s bathroom and kissed him. It begins.
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Six months with Energizer rechargeable batteries
With a camera/audio/AV habit and the children of my fertile loins we go through lots of batteries in my house. For years I’ve been buying disposables in bulk at Home Depot since they seem to have the best prices. Last … Continue reading
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Emergency TV (is that an oxymoron?)
I mentioned getting a Haier 7″ LCD for doing DSLR video work. I forgot to mention that it’s originally designed to be used as a portable TV. It comes with a remote control, is digital ready, and can be plugged … Continue reading
Fall Color Zen in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The rule of thumb for the Smoky Mountains National Park is that the fall colors usually peak the second or third weekend of October. This was the third weekend. We talked to a park ranger who said the colors were … Continue reading
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Blog Meme – what was your first car?
Random Acts of Patriotism has a blog meme, What Was Your First Car?: So here’s the meme. Long answers or short. 1. What was your first car? Model, year, color, condition? 2. What adventures did you have in it, good … Continue reading
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Baby #3 is on the way
We’re pregnant. Melissa had her 12 week ultrasound yesterday. Everything looks great. The baby was super active. We’ll find out if it’s a boy or a girl at the 20 week ultrasound. I’ll be 43 in a couple of weeks. … Continue reading
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Happy 7th Birthday, Katie
Happy birthday, Katie. This is a note to the future you to remind you what life was like when you were seven years old. You graduated from Daisies to Brownies. Your best friend is Lacey, same as last year. You’re … Continue reading
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Conversation About Eating Turnip Greens
WIFE: Katie, you can’t have dessert until you finish your greens. KATIE: You said I only had to eat three big bites. WIFE: That’s right. And what I put on your plate is three big bites. That’s some smart mommyin’.
The oddest thing about not driving …
is that you don’t have a place to keep your stuff. Like the other week I was in the doctor’s office. My wife dropped me off, then she had to go to work. Someone else was picking me up. So … Continue reading
Energizer WeatherReady LED Lanterns
After a little power outage on Labor Day we decided to buy LED lanterns. Our rechargeable fluorescent lanterns always seem a little disappointing. Today I picked up a couple of these Energizer LED lanterns in the checkout aisle at Home … Continue reading
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