Morning: mailed a few Xmas presents. Afternoon: saw “Killing Them Softly” (big mistake; I could have wandered around the parking lot for two hours and had the same entertainment value). MF & RLF went to Purser Family Park in Harker Heights, noticed new Chevron was open. (Copyright © 2012 by Wil C. Fry. All rights[...]
Below is my first video with the new Canon 60D camera. Video isn’t a feature I was looking for in a DSLR, but since it’s there I figured I would try it. Without reading the manual, I couldn’t figure out how to start a video… Even in video mode, pressing the shutter just recorded still[...]
(First impressions of Canon 60D) As is our custom, my wife and I got token gifts for each other during actual Christmas, and bought ourselves very nice things in February when we file for our income tax refund. My gift came today — a Canon EOS 60D. (3 images after the jump)
My wife said to order the camera now, instead of waiting for the IRS check to arrive. (We should be able to absorb most of the cost from our normal budget anyway.) I ordered it Wednesday afternoon (Amazon); it shipped a few minutes after midnight (early Friday morning) — 33 hours after my order was[...]
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Today, since my wife was off work and spent all day with Rebecca, I was able to check one more item off my To Do list: clean out the garage. To be clear, our house was just built, and we’ve only lived here five months. The garage wasn’t that dirty or crammed full of stuff.[...]
Our birthday weekend is half-over. Yesterday, we went to nearby Harker Heights to visit Barnes & Nobles, where my wife and I each purchased a birthday book for ourselves. She got Dan Brown’s newest novel, and I picked up a biography of Amelia Earhart, the famous female flier. We also went to Bed, Bath and[...]
Yes, folks, Seminole won their game, outlasting neighboring Tecumseh. They started with a bang… Senior running back John Beavers ran the opening kickoff back 80 yards, but the team couldn’t capitalize, so Tecumseh scored first. In fact, at halftime, Seminole was down, 7-6. But, by the end of the third quarter, it was tied, 13-13.[...]
The National Guard unit from Seminole was activated today, as Gov. Brad Henry mobilized 15,000 of the state’s brightest and best to assist with the disaster in Louisiana. The local Guardsmen will be leaving some time in the morning… They don’t actually get their orders until tonight. Also, the rear-view mirror in my car just[...]
Ah. SOMEBODY who reads this blog told their mother about Marline, and their mother is the one who tells the rest of the family everything. So now, everyone in the family is expecting Marline’s visit. No pressure, honey… The camera performed wonderfully at the football scrimmage. See below.
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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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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