Monthly Archives: January 2012

Yet more purging…

Posted on 01/30/2012 by Jenny

More organizing and purging over the weekend and tonight. Scott and a friend installed a new light fixture in the hallway last might, looks much better. The previous fixture was original and missing it’s shade. Scott completed the second bookcase. … Continue reading →

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Goodbye toes

Posted on 01/30/2012 by Jenny

Elizabeth Katherine is growing. She doesn’t fit in my pelvic girdle anymore. My belly looks pregnant instead of chubby. I noticed this weekend I can no longer see my toes. Goodbye toes, I’ll see you in the spring.

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Cold cold cold

Posted on 01/27/2012 by Jenny

It has been a chilly week. Most mornings have still been down around -10 F. No more problems with the baseboard heat for which we are grateful. We have been trying to sheep herd on Saturdays but the weather in … Continue reading →

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PaperBackSwap

Posted on 01/23/2012 by Jenny

Scott and I have been thinning out our books. Not an easy task. We’ve gone through 7 shelves so far, and have pulled about 100 for discard. We’re not getting rid of anything we really love. Much of what is going is … Continue reading →

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Dog Brag Wall

Posted on 01/22/2012 by Jenny

We’ve been working on rearranging the house for Elizabeth Katherine’s arrival. Part of that includes finding permanent locations for stuff that’s been living in boxes or scattered around. This week I gathered all of Kate and Bings ribbons (Rally and … Continue reading →

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Diapers, a lot of diapers

Posted on 01/21/2012 by Jenny

We got edu-ma-cated on diapers Saturday. We visited Arctic Baby Bottoms after sheep herding, out in Wasilla. I remember cloth diapers as being unsophisticated and a little tricky. But we’d been doing our research and we knew they’d come a … Continue reading →

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Heat Restored

Posted on 01/18/2012 by Jenny

Yeah – we have heat! The pipes are thawed and we dodged a bullet. No ruptures, breaks, or other bad things. The furnace is merrily warming our abode, hot water is circulating with nary a gurgle, all is well at … Continue reading →

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Cold weather woes

Posted on 01/17/2012 by Jenny

So it’s been kind of chilly lately. Most mornings have been -10 F. This morning the house was chilly too. 55 F. Hmm. Didn’t bode well for the furnace. We placed a call to Central Plumbing and Heating and got … Continue reading →

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A piano

Posted on 01/07/2012 by Jenny

So we’re obviously terrible at updating the web page on any kind of regular basis. Lots of changes coming for 2012. Should be exciting. More about that later. We bought a piano from a good friend. We had a piano … Continue reading →

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