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Mouse Ears
June 30, 2006 22:10
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Tags: lindsey

A “just ’cuz” baby picture.


She's Getting My Head
June 30, 2006 20:13
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Tags: thomas lindsey

Thomas was playing with Lindsey on the floor tonight, and I decided to break out the mic again and do some more recording. I just asked Thomas, “What are you doing?” and clicked Record. This is what ensued.
Nice Package
June 29, 2006 22:31
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Tags: politics military

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday strongly limited the power of the Bush administration to conduct military tribunals for suspected terrorists imprisoned at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The 5-3 ruling means officials will have to come up with a new policy to prosecute at least 10 so-called “enemy combatants” awaiting trial — it does not address the government’s right to detain suspects.


(emphasis mine)

So, I’m curious… do you think this ruling will put a damper on the “sky is falling!” alarmist cries of Supreme Court packing?

Yeah, me neither.
I Love Feet
June 27, 2006 01:30
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Tags: lindsey

After having three babies you start to think you’ve seen it all. Then the fourth one comes along, and surprises you.

Lindsey loves her feet. She’s really quite taken with them. None of the other children ever showed such fascination with or affection for their feet, but she just can’t get enough. Roll her on her back, or sit her in the high chair, and she grabs at them and waves them around. Being a woman who now has more bandwidth than sense, I decided to do a short audio recording of her talking to her feet. So here is a 20-second (or so) clip of Lindsey crooning a love song to her toesies. I warn you, though – it’s a pretty large file (almost a meg) and could take awhile to download. Baby Feet (please right-click, Save As, and you might have to turn your sounds WAY up).
Getting Fit
June 26, 2006 01:35
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Tags: diet and exercise

I didn’t like the pictures I took while I was in Texas, and it’s not just because my camera was on the blink (Sony fixed that little problem on warranty – Go Sony!). I realized that I have become, for disinterest in a politer word, a fatass. My entire family struggles with poor eating habits and serious weight issues, and I am no exception. I have long found it difficult – even embarrassing – to shop for clothes that are flattering. I’m also seeing other weight-related issues that I’m just not willing to accept anymore. I want to be healthy. I want to like what I see when I’m naked in front of a mirror. I want to feel desirable and attractive. But most of all, I want to be around for a good, long time, for my family.

So, I’ve changed the way I live. I decided to take control of and responsibility for my eating habits. I’m not a dieter, because diets are temporary. Instead, I’m changing my tendencies. I st...
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What's in a Name?
June 23, 2006 01:40
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The other day, I realized our kids’ names (Adam, Kayla, Thomas, Lindsey) increase by one letter in length for each subsequent child. I guess it’s a good thing we quit when we did, or we’d never get our Christmas cards signed and mailed out!
Dead Poodle
June 21, 2006 01:40
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Tags: scrapbooking web development

I’ve decided to close Scrap-Poodle. It just wasn’t growing fast enough to justify the continuing investment of time. I couldn’t even get stores or consultants to put up free ads, much less to pay for advertising. Even after a year and a half, the subscriber database was only at just barely more than 1,100. I decided I’d rather spend my time doing other things, like learning C#, working on updating QuiltIndex.com and 2frogs, and (gasp!) actually scrapbooking.

Never one to be less than completely busy for too long, I’m back at the eBay thing. I’ve made a few bucks, and I think I’m starting to get noticed a little more by some of the regular buyers. I’ll just keep making things and posting them, then hoping for the best. At least scrapping is fun again.

Yesterday was kind of sad – that’s when I sent out the “I’m shutting down” email to everyone. I got several sympathetic emails (than...
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Thoughtful
June 20, 2006 01:42
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Tags: food scrapbooking

A good friend will package up some empty CD cases, at your request, for you to store your unmounted stamps in.

A great friend will stash bite-sized Ghirardelli packets in each case before shipping them.

Thanks, babe. mwah
Raising Boys
June 19, 2006 01:44
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Tags: scrapbooking quotes

I’m once again trying my hand at selling handmade scrapbooking layouts, albums, and the like on eBay.

I was going through my stash of quotes, titles, etc. looking for material for a new paper bag “Brothers” album, when I found this quote from Harmon Killebrew that made me cry:

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass.”

“We’re not raising grass,” Dad would reply. “We’re raising boys.”

FEMA Gone Wild
June 14, 2006 01:48
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Tags: politics

This is exactly the kind of thing that happens when you governmentalize charity and relief efforts, both tasks that are better handled by privately-funded NGOs:

A $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters and $300 worth of “Girls Gone Wild” videos were among items bought with debit cards handed out by FEMA to help hurricane victims, auditors probing $1 billion in potential waste and fraud have found.
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The GAO uncovered records showing that $1,000 from a FEMA debit card went to a Houston divorce lawyer; $600 was spent in a strip club and $400 was spent on “adult erotica products,” all of which auditors concluded were “not necessary to satisfy legitimate disaster needs.”
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More than 1,000 registrations used the names and Social Security numbers of ...
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Independent Learning
June 07, 2006 01:49
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Today, Adam finished his lunch, went to the bathroom, then started the free reading portion of his schoolwork all on his own. (He finished his second Wizard of Oz book.) I didn’t have to nag him to get started; by the time I had finished my own lunch he was already engrossed in the story of Dorothy, Toto, and the other characters. I was so proud of him, and proud of us for sticking to this homeschooling thing. Adam is comfortable with our routine, and he rarely balks at it (though he does still pronounce some schoolwork “boring”). He’s leaps and bounds ahead of the curriculum he would be doing in a public school and showing no signs of slowing down.

Most importantly, he is an avid reader. He does more challenging reading in the mornings with Dad, to help stretch his vocabulary. In the afternoons, he reads silently on his own, under my supervision. He can choose virtually anything he wants, and he’s now choosing chapter books meant for child...
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Quote of the Day
June 05, 2006 01:51
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“Sometimes I see my ass out of the corner of my eye.” – My friend Kathy
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