Extended Warranties

I read a blog post about extended warranties today, and apparently the general advice is to never buy them.
Are these warranty contracts ever a good deal? They shouldn’t be. To make a profit, the private companies that offer these things need to take in more money than they pay out in warranty claims. And they [...]

Bowling while Nursing = Key to strikes

We went bowling with some friends on Sunday. I hit my only strike of the night (and my second spare) while nursing Genna. I’m sure the other patrons were impressed at my mad skills.

Do you own a stroller?

Yes. This is how it is used most often. In fact, this is the first time it’s been out in years. Genna needed a place to sit while we constructed our chicken coop. Voila. The tray makes it nicer than just about any other place we could put her, because we can put an assortment [...]

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This is why I don’t like nursing covers. I think it draws attention.

Birthday Today

Birth-day

3 days, first trip to Menards

5 days

1 week, at Jive Junction

2 weeks

1st Birthday
And today he is Five. I can hardly believe it.

My first (in 5 years) breastfeeding confrontation.

OK, this is my first honest-to-goodness breastfeeding confrontation.
We were at Brookview Elementary all day today, teaching 4th and 5th graders the Shim Sham. (tiring!!) The several times that G wanted to nurse, I just excused myself from the room and went in the hallway. I didn’t think it would be appropriate to nurse her in [...]

A New Project

Hey, I wanted to take a minute to let you all know about my new project, to be documented at anepicjourney.wordpress.com It’s called the Day Zero Project. Essentially, you list 101 things to be done in 1001 days. I just started on April 1. You can see my list at over there, and I’ll update [...]

Another cute babywearing picture

Thursday and Friday last week were really nice weather here. 74 on Thursday, not quite that on Friday. Friday, we took a walk as a family after daddy got home from work. Genna fell asleep on my back in the wrap.

And Wally played with his shadow.
For the record, by the time we got home, we [...]

Proud Grandpa

A few weeks ago, a local customer stopped by to order some diapers. She came straight from work, and met her dad at my house with her son. She ended up being delayed somewhat at work, leaving me some time to chat with her father – and Genna and my customer’s son a chance to [...]

Beautiful Day Today

(cross posted at Boulevard Designs.)
It was 71 degrees out today, a stunningly beautiful day amid a week of 40s and predicted weekend back in the 40s. Both children are still coughing, but nobody seems on the brink of death at this point, and we were all eager to get outside. We went to the zoo [...]