In mid-2004, I went on a great adventure, at least for me. My brother and I climbed Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico. Okay, it was mostly walking (not climbing), but still pretty tough. That was before I had a website, a blog, or a place like Flickr to store and organize thousands[...]
Carol, one of my readers, asked for this recipe, so here it is: Carol, if you need to see it larger, click here .
First of all, my thoughts & prayers are with my Oklahoma friends/family who’ve lost power this evening. I know my sister’s electricity went off during the ice storm about 5 p.m., and so I assume my parents’ and grandparents’ are out as well (same grid). I can’t wait to hear that you’ve made it safely[...]
Sorry I haven’t blogged in a few days. The main thing you need to know about the past few days is that we bought a car. Yesterday, we paid cash for a 2003 Dodge Neon SE with 42,800 miles. (Compared to dozens of others we’ve found for sale, we got a very good price.) It’s[...]
Monday evening, my wife got off work early, and we decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner. We went to TGI Friday’s (last time there, we had a good experience). Our appetizers were good, but when the main courses came, she wasn’t really happy with hers and ate only three bites or so. At[...]
A Walk in the Park Sunday afternoon when my wife got off work, we walked up the street to Dairy Queen. I had a Blizzard and she got a vanilla malt. It was about 65 or 70 degrees outside, and mostly sunny. In other words, a perfect day after the two days of rain and[...]
Recurring Dream Last night, while trying to sleep through the noise coming from the upstairs apartment (which lasted all night), I had a dream that I’ve had several times over the past year. Real Life: I lived in Arkansas from May 1995 through October 2000. During that time, I lived in Cabot (seven months), Jacksonville[...]
LBJ Museum On Tuesday, my wife and I decided, pretty much on the spur of the moment, to drive to Austin to visit the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum ( official site ). Here are some photos from the day: (All photos copyright © 2010 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) If you’re[...]
National Championship Game Marline’s pick: Alabama 21, Texas 7 Wil’s prediction: Texas 34, Alabama 20 Actual game: Alabama 37, Texas 21 (I guessed closer to the final score, but we both picked the spread pretty close, and Marline got the winner right, as usual.) Today, we shopped, took down the Christmas tree, and watched football.[...]
Baking Cookies Tuesday, my wife and I baked cookies together, and lived to tell about it. Here are some shots from the afternoon (it’s not my fault they don’t play in the correct order; that’s just Flickr’s system…): (Copyright © 2010 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) For the last few days, she’s been[...]
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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