Thursday, April 26, 2007
Dawn Langstroth
Her own website is http://www.dawnlangstroth.com/.
Dragon Fruit
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Sage On The Floor
Sage was being really cute and looking like he wanted to start trying to crawl. I shot some video of him.
Simple Math
I thought that was frigging hillarious!
Sunday, April 22, 2007
geeze
I should've taken before and after photos, cuz the dirt and sod from the garden I am digging out at the front is filling the holes that Lacey dug at the side of the house. In one spot the hole was 18" at LEAST. We bought some "critter ridder" stuff to sprinkle on after I'm all done transferring dirt, but I didn't get done. It's supposed to deter dogs and skunks and other animals from digging. Wonder if it works. It was hella expensive! ($14) I worked for about 45 minutes digging and moving dirt around, and it was a workout for SURE. [Incidentally, if anyone knows why Curves isn't open on Sundays, could you tell me? Also if anyone reads this who has any clout with people AT curves, and could influence them to have it open on Sundays, that would be great. Thanks.] Since I don't have a wheel barrow, I used a lid to a fake rubbermaid bin which we don't use (the lid, not the bin) and piled the sod and dirt onto it and then pushed it across the lawn and gravel driveway with my feet. I used alternating legs and also alternated using my adductors (inner thigh muscles) and quadricepts (outer thigh muscles). Yahoo! Work in that resistance training! Most of the garden is dug out, just a little left to do, and then when I can (probably Tuesday after Jake gets home from work) I will go get some peat and poo (can't spell manure) and work that into the soil. I'm not going to plant yet, don't you fret, but my dad said it's good to give the peat some time to de-fluff (my word, not his) before I plant.
An update on my mom: She's doing well. They moved her to a nursing home "holding tank" at Laurentian Hospital. The floor she's on is not a hospital floor, it's a place for people who are waiting for beds at nursing homes. She might be there a short time, or a long time, depending on when a spot for her becomes available. It's a very large room, and it's nice. She's got a dresser and a bed-side table, and the wall behind her is purple! The other walls are off white and the curtains are a nice tangerine, and all together it's very soothing and calm. From her angle, she's got a beautiful view of the bricks of the building next to her *snort* but at least it's a big window and lots of light comes in. If she weren't limited by the fact that she needs the oxygen on that side of the room, if she changed sides, she would be able to see Ramsey Lake. But unfortunately the room's not set up for patients to be on that side. Too bad! She has a nice roommate, a lady named Margarite. The physical therapist said that as soon as my mom can stand unaided, and transfer herself into her wheelchair from her bed, she'll be taken to the hospital's POOL and they'll do aquasize with her! I couldn't believe the hospital has a pool, but they do! She's very excited about that, and it's a really good motivating goal for her to have.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Hayden of the Many Shirts
Monday, April 16, 2007
Domestic Jennifer
So here they are, enjoy. (Although we'll probably enjoy them a lot more than you.)
I think the middle guy in the top row is wearing a Richard Simmons' outfit. And two of 'em aren't wearing pants at all by mistake.. hehehe, opps!
Hayden the Wonder Kid
And now I can see why kids think mothers have eyes in the backs of their heads. You have to get good at discerning what a kid is doing by the sounds he or she is making if you can't see them. Also of note: an unseen kid playing silently needs to be checked on immediately.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Inch by inch...
Ever see that commercial for Tomatos In A Bag? Jake and I want those. Tomatoes you grow indoors, in a bag you hang on the wall! Where pets can't get at 'em! Alas, they are an american product, and you can't ship soil and plants across the border. However, I was not about to be thwarted from tomatos for a second year in a row. I'd started a bunch of tomato seeds last year, but they died when they were a few inches high cuz I didn't know you had to KILL, er, I mean thin out, all but one of the seedlings in each peat pot. Anyway this year I know better. While researching a canadian version of the TIAB (tomatos in a bag) I found out that there is a hydroponic organic green n clean store right here in town, on Barrydowne! Hey that rhymes. My friend Sabrina and I were feeling equally green-thumby and we went there and bought a whack of supplies for our indoor gardens. We then went to the dollar store and got a large assortment of flowers, herbs, and veggies. I planted mine last night and I'm pretty proud of the fact that it looks so organized! Even if I only get ONE plant out of the whole deal, I'll be pretty stoked. I just hope it's a tomato......
Nice plastic dome, eh? It's 6" high so the seedlings can stay in there till they're bushy and tall, and the cat can't nibble on 'em. I have in the back row: coleuses, phloxes, petunias, periwinkles, and johnny jump ups. In the front row I have peas, tomatos, basil, mint, and garlic chives.
OOoohhhh! I'm so excited!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
At the Nerpin's House
Friday, April 13, 2007
Kid TV
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Poop story - don't read if you don't want to hear about poop.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Counting Hayden
Hayden spontaniously counted to 13 while I was on the computer this afternoon, so I grabbed the camera to see if he would do it again. He got into it, and the minute-long vids are cute :o) Oh and sorry for the swaying, just pretend you're on a ship. I thought he would participate more if I mimicked his body movements.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Saturday Night Bath
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Friday, April 06, 2007
Easter Friday
Also you may have noticed our living room is re-arranged. Jake had some inspiration two nights ago and yesterday we *cough* ok HE moved everything around. I helped move the couch and computer.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Good Bye Tracker, Good Bye...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Aaaaallmost...
THIS IS A NEVER ENDING BATTLE BETWEEN US AND THE RED TAPE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
cripes.
But we're on the home stretch! [she said, optimisically]
The other good news is that a guy at Jake's work (whose name is Dennis, but he looks exactly like Syler from Heros) wants to buy the tracker from us! I have a few reservations selling the tracker to the evil dude from my favorite tv show, but we need the money for Jake's card, so HEY. WHY NOT. Also it'll save us the $50 or so a month for the insurance. It's really his mom who's buying it, for $500, as-is. Syler borrowed the car a few weekends ago to pick up his kids from Sturgeon Falls, or drop them off.. they live there with their mom. We lent it for free but a few days later at work, he offered Jake $50 cash for the use of it, and Jake didn't say no. We'd had to buy the licence sticker for him to use it, so we considered it a fair deal. We weren't going to renew the plates, and had just not gotten around to taking the insurance off it yet when Syler borrowed it in early March. I'm sad to see it go! I've always wanted a tracker/sidekick ever since I first saw 'em back in the 90's. And to have a purple one to boot! Well. A girl's dream! It'll be the first time this car is out of Jake's family in 10 years as well. They've got a lot of memories in it. It surely will be missed!