Lest anyone falsely believe that my wife and I have abandoned our strict financial principles (because of all our recent purchases), let me set the record straight. Everything we’ve purchased for the house (including the house) over the past few weeks has been planned *long* in advance. The entire time we lived in Seminole (with[...]
The front yard is progressing nicely. Despite the summer’s heat, the Bermuda sod is sending out runners to connect the squares, and the few yellow spots are disappearing with regular watering. (Copyright © 2010 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) (Copyright © 2010 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) (Copyright © 2010 by[...]
I’ve been mowing yards since I was about 10 or 11 years old — ever since I was tall and strong enough to push a lawnmower. I started at our home in Choctaw (Oklahoma), which was a five-acre plot that we divided into thirds. Only the middle third was mowable, and because of hills, trees,[...]
Where there’s a Wil, there’s a blown circuit breaker. Or Where two or three are gathered together, someone will blow a circuit breaker. I discovered while vacuuming that the vacuum cleaner combined with the dining room chandelier will blow the circuit breaker. That’s a little disappointing considering that the vacuum cleaner isn’t pulling very much[...]
(I’m typing this on my wife’s laptop at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. I’m sitting at my desk in my new house. My new house! However, the internet is still connected at our apartment, about six miles away, and won’t be connected at the new house until Monday. So this blog won’t get online until sometime[...]
Since I’m not sure when my final blog post from this apartment will happen, let me update now. My last entry about our house mentioned that it was almost finished. Two days later (Tuesday, Aug. 10), we had a walk-through with our project manager, Ryan. The air conditioner was running, and the house was almost[...]
Because we’d known for some time that Meemaw (Ruby Crews) wasn’t long for this world, much of our grieving had been done in advance. I believe I speak for most of my family when I say that. Still, Thursday’s funeral wasn’t easy on the emotions. Meemaw was such an incredible woman (see my previous blog[...]
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.
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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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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[...]
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