I’m trying to make most of the gifts we give this year. I have a craft room – I need to use it! I’m hoping to get ahead enough to make the gift packaging too, but as a habitual procrastinator I’m not sure that’s going to happen.
I did get a few [...]
Today should have been a day of celebrations with friends, but instead we had an adventure at the emergency room. It started with a birthday party at a facility filled with inflatable bouncers, slides, and obstacle courses. MonkeyBoy used to be afraid of all of these things, but he’s grown out of that [...]
It snowed here yesterday. Unfortunately for MonkeyBoy, we missed it. He and I had traveled to visit my parents a few days ago and just got back home today (where it is now 50 degrees and the snow is all gone). But all is not lost, my folks live in the land [...]
It took eight men nine hours to install flooring today. MonkeyBoy seems to approve of their musical choice and their handiwork.
We received a delivery today.
New floors will be installed on Thursday!
MonkeyBoy has enjoyed the floor shopping experience. He has claimed all carpet samples for his own and keeps them in a special bag. He was sad when we had to return the flooring planks to the store, as he had been lining them [...]
MonkeyMan acquired a broken computer a few weeks ago and fixed it up so that it works again. After a quick run to Ikea for a cheap table and stool, MonkeyBoy is now the proud owner of his own computer “workstation”. Within a day, he’s figured out how to move the mouse and [...]
We’ve been swamped with work this week. MonkeyMan’s computer labs were broken and needed lots of attention. I had several major time-sensitive tasks at Job #1, more development tasks at Job #2, and then I was asked to make a cake for a friend’s daughter’s birthday today so my weekend is just now [...]