the life and times of a domestic diva extraordinaire
Posted in Ben, Family, Photography on Jun 18th, 2007
I finally got around to uploading pictures…pictures way back from Memorial Day and our visit to the farm. These are some of the highlights – there are more over on flickr for your viewing pleasure. When I say Joey does Army-style push-ups on his toes, I’m not kidding. This is part of his “army crawl” […]
Posted in Books on Jun 15th, 2007
I got some new books today. I mentioned a few months ago that I was getting rid of paperbacks I didn’t want anymore via www.paperbackswap.com. At the time, though, I didn’t know how I would be using my credits. I am not one to enjoy reading beat-up books, and used books that you get for […]
Posted in Ben on Jun 14th, 2007
Ben seems to be one of those kids who benefits from having things thoroughly explained to him. For instance, riding a bike. I swear he was having these raging tantrums back on the patio where all the neighbors could hear him and we were completely mortified. But the bike wasn’t doing what he thought it […]
I just finished moving my blog from Movable Type to WordPress. Please excuse the dust while I’m getting things back up to speed. And those of you who have linked to me (who knew I was so important???), my apologies for the dead links (I’m looking into it)…
Posted in Ben on Jun 11th, 2007
Okay, if I had to pick one thing that was the problem with potty training Ben, it would be that he seems to have no clue when he has gone to the bathroom. He’ll sit on the potty and get up and I’ll happen to notice that he peed and I’m telling you, it’s news […]
Posted in Ben on Jun 8th, 2007
Note which way the handlebars are facing… Yeah, Ben has his own ideas about how things should be done, as illustrated above. And he is very set in his ways. Sometimes like cement – all mixed up and permanently set. Or so it seems. And people wonder why he isn’t potty trained yet…as though I’m […]