My wife and I are a little more careful than most people we know to actually track our own gas mileage, especially on trips. Most people we know either (1) simply estimate their mileage, (2) take a dealer’s word for it, or (3) don’t care. (The third category includes most SUV and truck owners we[...]
It finally snowed in Killeen! In fact, it’s snowing as I type this, though the flakes are smaller now. It started overnight as rain, with the temperature falling into the low 30s. We were worried we might see ice, and my wife had to leave for work at 5 a.m. But when she awoke, it[...]
My wife and I arrived safely home this evening after a quick three-day trip to Oklahoma. We left early on Friday morning, as soon as her all-night shift ended. After working a 10-hour overnight shift, my wife bravely and skillfully drove her Buick for six hours, while I followed in the Dodge. We arrived there[...]
As mentioned in my last post, my wife got a couple of V-day presents early. But we still celebrated on the actual 14th of February. In the afternoon, we saw the movie “Valentine’s Day” (see my review), and then waited in line 70 minutes for a table at Red Lobster. They’d said it would be[...]
Marline got her two Valentine’s Day presents a day early. (Copyright © 2010 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) I intended to give them to her today, and had hid them in the trunk of the Neon. There was a note in her Valentine’s Day card that said: “PS: go look in the trunk[...]
It’s not cheap to re-key a car, especially a car with an alarm system and remote keyless entry. When we set up the appointment with the local Ford dealership to re-key the car, they estimated $850 and two days of work. When we actually got the car there (on Wednesday, as per my appointment), the[...]
Since we bought my 2000 Mercury Sable in 2007, we’ve thought it was the Sable GS, mainly because the nameplate on the rear of the car (seen here) says “Sable GS.” The title to the car isn’t any help; it doesn’t even say “Sable.” The title says it’s a “MERC SLP” — whatever that is.[...]
As you know from my last entry, we got our Mercury back, albeit with some problems. The battery was replaced yesterday (before we could even get it home). Today, we took care of most of the rest. I’m a slow waker, so my wife went grocery shopping in the Buick while I drank coffee and[...]
If you’ve been keeping up, you know our 2000 Mercury Sable was stolen in December. And just last week, we replaced it with a 2003 Dodge Neon . (And we still have the trusty Buick .) Well, today, we got the Mercury back. Seriously. My wife had just returned home from work and sat down[...]
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This video is is cuter without sound (I forgot to mute the TV before recording). Rebecca was proud that she drinks out of a glass now, without spilling: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
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[...]
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