Marline will be here in about 176 hours! (That’s just a hair over SEVEN days!) I’m pretty excited. The plan is to take her to the first football homecoming she’s ever seen (Bowlegs, Oka.), and the first high school football game she’s ever seen (Seminole, Okla.) The rest of the weekend will be “us” time,[...]
Today went okay, I guess. This morning, I wrote a story about the several prisoners from our county who are up for parole in October, including one who was convicted of Murder II in 1993. Before I was finished with the story, I got a call from a favorite police official of mine, alerting me[...]
I got an email the other day, one of those “FW: fw: fw:” emails that silly-but-well-meaning people pass around all the time. Not as bad as spam, but just as time-consuming. Anyway, this one listed a crapload of statistics about how many people died in Iraq in a certain month, compared to how many homicides[...]
Remember a month or so ago, when I posted that the U.S. Department of Commerce notified me by Postal Mail that they would send me a survey, and that it was necessary for the health of the nation for me to complete it? Well. Today, I actually got the survey in the mail. On the[...]
I was digging through my old digital photo files this morning, and came across quite a few pictures that wouldn’t meet my standards today. I was using a Sony Cybershot 2.0 megapixel camera that had ALL automatic settings. And this was in the day when the all-auto cameras weren’t that good. An Instamatic would have[...]
To answer Marline’s question, no, I don’t think insect repellent will keep away the yellowjackets or other large, stinging bugs. In my experience, the spray/lotion only keeps away the mosquitoes and ticks. But once I thought I had sprayed EVERYTHING, and still got bitten by mosquitoes on my face and hands (which I just WON’T[...]
Let’s see… Friday, I think the highlight of my day was getting to step out of the office for 15 minutes to watch the Seminole High School Homecoming Parade. Oh, it’s not that the parade was that fabulous… hey, it’s a small town and they did the best they could. But it was fun to[...]
Hey, I’ve had a busy last couple of days. Maybe I can post more tonight, or tomorrow, along with a couple of football pics, just for fun. Since I’m painfully naive sometimes, it took me until today to realize that quite a few people are reading this blog besides the people for which I intend[...]
Thanks to Mark for finally dropping by for a comment. Buddy, I know you’re having troubles, but it always works out in the end — sometimes we just can’t see how. Keep doing your best, and you’ll be rewarded. (I don’t mean to sound like a fortune cookie; I really mean all that crap.) Sad[...]
I stole this questionnaire from that gorgeous chick Marline. Haven’t done one of these in a while. Enjoy. 10 years ago I was… 23 years old, and living with my parents. I had just put four years of college behind me, and was working nights at a trashy supermarket in Arkansas, looking for my own[...]
Flickr did their biggest change ever this evening. There’s a little more about that on my other blog. I’m seriously considering ending my eight-year relationship with Flickr. If only there were another decent place to share photos (and remember, I said “decent”, so no one suggest Facebook). Rebecca worked on learning my limits again today.[...]
WEATHER: 72-93°F, mostly cloudy RLF requested the playground today, after a few weeks of not going, so I said okay. She wouldn’t walk there; only rode in the stroller. And only played there for about five minutes before she was ready to come home. (This is why we’d quit going in the first place.) She[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
Rebecca did well with potty again today — still working on #2. After an early, short, and surprising nap (she put herself down at 11:50 for just an hour), much of the afternoon was full of fussing and craziness. I got a new debit card today, to replace the old one that was cracking and[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Today, Rebecca — for the first time — went to the bathroom somewhere besides our house.
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
A few days ago, we passed what I’ve jokingly called “the Rebecca threshold” with our Benjamin pregnancy. She was born about 7 weeks before her due date. As of May 10, we passed that point in the current pregnancy. My wife’s at 34 weeks as of today, and about nine pounds lighter than she was[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
Rebecca woke with a dry diaper this morning and kept her panties dry all day, using her potty correctly all day. We spent the day shifting from (1) us asking if she needed to go to (2) her telling us when she needed to go. And, after three days of holding it, she went #2[...]
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