(Note, I already did a “Year in Review” story at work, so this may be a little scatterbrained.) The end of the year: a time to reflect back on the last 365 days, either with regret, nostalgia, or a curious combination of the two. A time to look forward with bright-eyed wonder or steely-eyed courage,[...]
Despite the national media’s doom-and-gloom messages for Christmas, my household had an excellent holiday, and spent more than usual on ourselves and on others. I’m starting to think that a “bad economy” is a key word for “good economy” since so many things were finally marked down into an affordable range for a middle-income family[...]
Here’s my new blog entry, especially for Richard, who was wondering where I’d gone. Last week, I spent nearly every waking moment at the Seminole State College field house, covering all 30 games of the Little River Conference Basketball Tournament (Varnum won the girls’ bracket; Earlsboro won the boys’ bracket — no surprise on either[...]
I heard a news story on the radio today; it said that many large corporations and some government offices were cutting out employee Christmas parties this year, in order to help save costs during the economic “downturn.” This sounds like an idea born in Washington, D.C., where bureaucrats would rather cut the paper clip budget[...]
We’re doing our part to help the national economy (and probably the economies of several third world nations where the small parts are made). Sunday, Marline purchased a new laptop computer. Her old one was a trooper, and has lasted since 2001. It performed well with the initial installment of Windows ME (still my favorite[...]
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[...]
Rebecca kept her diaper dry all morning, while MF was at work, and then wore panties the rest of the day, keeping them dry too. She even surprised us by staying dry during a supper trip to Dairy Queen (she had requested an ice cream cone). We put a diaper on her for the trip[...]
Big Milestone: Rebecca is now Three Feet Tall. Not quite tall enough for the WNBA, but on her way. She also crossed the 27-pound threshold for the first time (that we know of; we haven’t weighed her in a while). She’s 2.58 years (31 months) old. Compared to me: My mother didn’t record my height[...]
I woke up early today (because I went to bed on time last night?) and thought that would give me a little more time before RLF awoke. No — her new waking cycle is somehow tied to mine. Perhaps she hears the coffee-maker — I think I’m otherwise very quiet when I get up. She[...]
Houses should come with more shelves, in my opinion. One can never have too many shelves, cupboards, cabinets, closets, and “storage solutions”.
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