Since his invention is a major reason for my job, I would like to point out today is Rudolph Diesel's birthday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Diesel

So, in addition to the overwhelming news about getting the LASIK done, I had a very fun time Saturday evening with birchduck. I had been told to take it easy with the eyes and "watch a movie or something" (instead of sew, read, knit, or use the computer - *sigh*)
But I had heard an announcement that the local historical movie theater (built in 1914) was ( Read more... )

Ok, wow, what a totally cool experience!

norfacoflandra is right - I've had a goofy grin since I woke up ( Read more... )

It was a beautiful day! Despite the fact that I HURT today, I still took a walk/trot around the subdivision following J on his bike.

The laundry is done, a day early, wow. Actually hung blankets out on the line, too.

I fed, cuddled, bathed, read stories for, and put to bed two kids (that's a full day's work, right there)

I helped with norfacoflandra's clean ( Read more... )

After a Very Long Time (tm) of hinting and dithering and discussing, I finally decided to get a significant amount of hair cut off ( Read more... )

I was right. I shouldn't even have tried to take Miss R to daycare today ( Read more... )

This morning, on the drive to daycare, J asked me about Miss R and why she wasn't coming with us.

I explained that she was sick and had to stay home.
His reply:

"She's not too sick, she's still bossy."

You know, it's really hard to drive when you're laughing that hard...

Poor little girl, she's got the gleep ( Read more... )

Today the kids and I spent a good chunk of the afternoon outdoors at the 50th annual Chillicothe Santa Parade. I had no idea they've been having the parade for so long, and I almost missed it this year, too. I have the parade in my head as the Saturday after Thanksgiving, but the holiday fell late this year, so the parade ended up before ( Read more... )

As often happens during a normal day in my job, I communicated with people in many different countries ( Read more... )