Sunday, July 09, 2006

New furniture

 
 

Here are the latest furniture additions to our house. One was a bargain used at only $10 and the other was handmade by Amish craftsmen. Can you guess which is which? Ike's not quite big enough for his toy, but he's going to love it when he can reach the toys!!! Posted by Picasa

Friday, July 07, 2006

Confessions of a tea-drinking vegetarian who loves the outdoors

Or...one could title this "what has happend to me since having the boy". I daydream about turkey sandwiches and decaf lattes while trying to get the boy to sleep and I've become much more fond of hibernating indoors this summer than ever before! The sun and heat are too much for me. I'm much happier just hanging out in the cool dark house. Strange, but I think Maggs (the dog) thinks along these same lines. Except perhaps for the latte?

We're headed to Chicago for the weekend. Staying at a place off of www.athomeinnchicago.com
C to play in the beach frisbee tourny at Montrose Bay and Prof. H and I are going to hang out with the boy. Rumor has it that apt. we're renting has a baby grand piano!

My frisbee days are over, too. The thought of hanging out on the hot beach all day does not sound fun. I didn't have much fun there last year, either. The sand was so hot it burned your feet.

I wonder if they have good turkey sandwiches in Chicago?

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Fourth of July

Anyone else looking forward to the end of The 4th of July? ARound here the 4th means fireworks and rednecks. There are ALWAYS rednecks around here, but it just seems like they are MORE dominant right now. Ugh. I apoligized to Ike today that he was born here. Poor kid. And poor Maggs. SHE HATES THE FIREWORKS. You know what a strange state I live in? Previous law here was that you could SELL and BUY fireworks in state if you signed a form saying you would then take them to ANOTHER state to shoot them off????????? What a weird law. But now it's legal to shoot them off on private property...which means every redneck around us is doing that. Ugh. And thats A LOT

C just downloaded this album by Bruce Springsteen

Not bad

Friday, June 30, 2006

Dad dresses me funny-day

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Cool website-learn sign language!

I sent this website to a friend who is stuck at home thinking it would give her soemthing to do:

I learned the sign for "sloth" last night. Very useful!

Thursday, June 29, 2006

momentary crisis at home

Tonight we got home at about 10pm to find the internet inaccessible. You can imagine our shock. Cable TV didn't work either....hmmm....the slick hubby made the quick conclusion that there must be a few Comcast bills piled up somewhere. A call to customer service indicated that yes, indeed, we were 2 months behind. Hmmm...wonder how long we can use the excuse: "yeah, we just had a baby and things are a little crazy around here". I'm thinking for at least 16 or 17 years??

Monday, June 26, 2006

Ike update

Weight today: 10.2 lbs at just about 14 weeks. Kid's got his Pop's metabolism.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Farm Art

 
 
 

I thought Jess would especially appreciate these photos. Taken at the Farm up in N. Minnesota. Posted by Picasa

Visiting cousins....

 

Isaac and I went up North to visit family. Here he is with his cousins...M and J-J Posted by Picasa

Leaving South Bend

 
Think this is a sign? This was what we saw driving to the airport on my way OUT of South Bend to go to Mpls. It was cool! Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Sunday, June 04, 2006

ICE CREAM!!!!!!!

Hey---have you heard of the new blizzard flavor at Dairy Queen? Monster Cookie flavor!! It sounds great to me!

Friday, June 02, 2006

new toys

what do you think of these toys?

Saturday, May 20, 2006

EVOLUTION IN A BOX

 
So these characters were from a box of "Grow your own dinosaurs"..a gift from my friend Lizard on my birthday (reminding me how old I am...get it...dinosaurs). You know the kind...come as capsules and you put them in hot water and watch them "grow". She thinks maybe we caught evolution in action here........ Posted by Picasa

socks!!!!!!!!!!

 

NICE SOCKS!! Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Guess that plant!!!?

 


What's this? Posted by Picasa

Walk in The Res

 







WHO CAN NAME THAT UNDERSTORY PLANT...........? Posted by Picasa

Lions and Pirates and Bears, oh my!

 


Someone is 7 weeks old today!!!! Posted by Picasa