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Noah at 5 years old

Noah had his 5-year check-up yesterday. I always like to see how he’s doing on the growth chart. He is 44.5 inches tall, which is the 81st percentile. He’s 43.6 pounds, which is the 70th percentile. They also calculate his BMI which is 52%. I was pretty shocked and concerned when I saw that number, […]

Here I am!

Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve been here. I just haven’t been that inspired. I also haven’t been taking that many “fun” pictures lately. My photography class is making me much more conscious of my picture-taking, so I find I’m not grabbing my camera as often. Doesn’t that seem backwards? You’d think I’d have […]

Better

That’s what I would call today-“better.” The boys were infinitely better today! We had playgroup here this morning, and they were very excited about that, so I think that helped keep them on their best behavior. All of the kids had a great time. They played on our neighbors’ swingset, in our sandbox, and on […]

Cheap therapy

For a mere $6, I had a very nice therapy session tonight. All it takes is a house margarita, a “Triple Chocolate Meltdown” (to share), and a couple of hours with three of my best friends to help take some of my worries and frustrations and put them on the back burner.

This was a […]

Happy day!

As I’m writing this, I’m sitting on my sofa, watching “The Office.” How can I do this without a laptop? I can’t! We got a laptop the other day!!! And today, our personal computer guru, my dad, helped us get connected with a wireless router. Sure would be nice if it were a Ruckus router, […]

Rainbow weather

Last Sunday (yes, I could have posted this sooner, but I’m a little lazy, and there were more important things to write about lately), was had some rain come through. It was a weird weather day, with rain, then sun, then rain while it was sunny, and you could hear thunder to the south even […]

Not a bad Sunday

I used to really hate Sunday’s. I used to say I had “Sunday Affective Disorder.” The height of my condition was during grad school, when Andy was living in Appleton and I was still in Madison, and Sunday usually meant one of us driving back home.

Since I graduated (7 years ago already!), it’s gotten […]

We’ll be up and running soon!

Last week, Andy was just starting to run on the treadmill (in our bedroom) when I heard this horrible squeaking sound with each step he took. We use noise-reduction headphones while we’re on the treadmill, so he couldn’t hear it. I stopped him so he could hear it. Then he continued to run.

After he […]

Happy Easter!

We’ve just gotten back from my in-laws’ house after eating a delicious lunch of ham, potatoes, broccoli, rolls, strawberries, apple slab (much tastier than it sounds), and eclair torte (so yummy!). We then laid around all afternoon, watched golf and NCAA basketball (I had Georgetown playing Wisconsin in the Sweet 16, but I’m much happier […]

I’m moving to Florida…

…or California, Arizona, Mexico, or the Virgin Islands. Anywhere but crappy Wisconsin.

The following pictures were taken 8 days apart. I took the first picture so I could keep track of the buds and leaves as the spring progresses. The second is to show the contrast of that wonderful day compared to today.

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