So I've been busy lately. Lot's of little things and very little of an earthshaking nature. One big thing (literally) is our soon-to-be-arriving baby. At her most recent appointment Liz learned that said baby is on track to be at least 10 pounds. Apart from other baby-related preparation, I've been writing a short story, something… Continue reading Been a while
Category: Family
Home and hearth, wife and child.
Baby moves
For weeks now Liz has been feeling increasingly strong motion from the baby, from faint fluttering to little pushes. Finally I felt the baby move for the first time last night!
Another first for the week
We participated this morning in our first garage sale. It was part of a street sale on our court. About six houses had stuff out and there was an amazing amount of traffic. I was able to sell a cedar chest, TV stand, bike rack, two boxes of books, a BBQ tank (but not the… Continue reading Another first for the week
Pre-natal class
Liz and I went to our first pre-natal class last night. There were two other couples there who were as far along as we are, but the others were much earlier in their pregnancy. So some of what they covered in terms of what to expect was stuff we've already encountered. Had a bit of… Continue reading Pre-natal class
Jungle Fever
Spent a good part of last night (2 1/2 hours) cutting my mother-in-law's front and side lawn. The grass was, I shit you not, 3 feet tall. The previous owners hadn't bothered cutting it in the month before they moved out. She's been there a week and this is the first chance I've had to… Continue reading Jungle Fever
Year-end Highlights & Lowlights
Looking back over the year it's been an up and down year. On a high note we finally moved out of the hated condo (hated by me) and into a nice house. We had a great trip to London this summer. The last of the Lord of the Rings movie came out and fulfilled my… Continue reading Year-end Highlights & Lowlights
Settling in
After two weeks in our new place we threw a house warming party. By that time we had everything unpacked. The only thing left undone was hanging our pictures. The basement and garage had been tamed just in time. Still not much time for writing. The commute is long and we're out of the house… Continue reading Settling in
Moving prep
Spent most of the month preparing to move. I brought home a multitude of boxes. We brought most of our books and movies to my parents' house for temporary storage. I'm too cheap to pay the movers for moving my books. Packing and more packing made up the bulk of the month. There isn't much… Continue reading Moving prep
The craptacular London hotel
Ah yes, the hotel. To start, our room was small and we received one towel each (no face cloth, hand towel or bath mat). We had to specifically request a clean one the next day. On our first two nights there, the construction near the hotel kept going until one in the morning with jack-hammering… Continue reading The craptacular London hotel
Our big trip to London (UK)
Liz and I arrived at Heathrow, took a train into London and the tube (subway to us) from Padington Station to King’s Cross where our hotel was located. We checked in, dumped our bags in our room and got back on the tube to Westminster Station. Emerging from the station we were greeted immediately by… Continue reading Our big trip to London (UK)
Dispatches from Obscurity 