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Miscellaneous Baby Thoughts (may become a series)
We spent the first three nights home with Mike running downstairs before and after every feeding to store pumped breast milk in the fridge, wash pump parts, warm bottles. How did it take us so long to realize there's a sink in the master bath and we could just bring up a cooler to store pumped milk ( Read more... ) -
DIY
Yet another way that Mike is awesome ( Read more... ) -
New Laptop
Mike and I just ordered my new laptop. This has inspired me to actually post in this journal, because I wish to note that I posted here about receiving my current laptop, in 2006. Sparrowhawk has served me well lo these many years, but like Falkor before him he is now quite ready to retire ( Read more... ) -
P.S.
Google on my phone is trying to be a little too clever. It's noticed my location, so now when I ask for the weather in Venice, it is telling me the answer in Dutch. Sigh. -
Earworm
Flying into the Amsterdam airport got the song "There were three jolly fishermen" stuck in my head. Which is a highly repetitive, very silly kids' song I know from church camp. Annoying ( Read more... ) -
Trees
I woke up today to the sound of a work crew cutting down trees in the back-patio area of our block (on Saturday! How strange). Due to the way sound carries in this complex, it sounds like they are in our patio or the one next door, even though I can no longer see them. So I keep having to jump up and check if they are cutting down our tree ( Read more... ) -
phone
It was time to get new phones. We were well past the two year point, the batteries were starting to be trouble... Then while we were in Maine, Mike took his phone canoeing and killed it. It was in a ziploc bag, but the water got in anyway and it was thoroughly ruined. So today, we went to the Verizon store to look at phones (after being unable ( Read more... ) -
the short version
I always think, while Mike and I are riding our bikes around the neighborhood park's trail, of the lovely post I will write about how much I enjoy my neighborhood. But then when we get home I don't actually do it; there are other things to do. It is now too late to write at length, but I will say: tonight, while riding around the park, we saw a ( Read more... ) -
Things Purchased On My Late-Evening Grocery Run
Quart of milk (reason for the trip; I'd like cereal for breakfast tomorrow)
One bell pepper (red, they were on sale!)
Bag of mini KitKats
Garbage disposal cleaner/deodorizer (may be futile)
Bathroom cleaner
Did not buy the Ben & Jerry's.
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Bicycles
Yesterday Mike got the bike tires inflated and oiled the chains, so we've been riding around the neighborhood. The bikes have basically been sitting under the tarp since last August, when I started my job. I've really missed riding to work. My ankle is still causing me to limp a bit and keeping my walking speed slow, so the freedom of riding is ( Read more... )