Ow!
C’s new word is “Ow!” Her mimi is trying to put her down right now, and I hear “ow! ow! ow!”
I think she stepped on E’s finger this morning, and he said ow. She now pinches you, although not yet painfully, and says “ow!”
Outside my window right now
(And now that I’ve taken the pictures and uploaded them, the sun is out.)
If only it were about ten degrees cooler right about now
We’ve got near blizzard-like conditions out there, but the thermometer on our front porch says 40.5.
Maybe tonight?
I just realized
I just realized that my tenth year high school reiunion was tonight, and to say I missed it would be an understatement (because now that I think about it, it might’ve been last night).
Nice.
I have always assumed I would miss my tenth year high school reunion because, basically, I don’t really care. I really care about my college reunions, because I chose those people, but I don’t really care about high school (80% of them, anyway, so if you were one of the 100%, you never know which side fall on).
I’d be fine just checking up on them on facebook here and there and not having to find out in person. If anyone cares, of course.
Missing linux
I’ve been sporting a new computer for about a month now. My old computer was your basic Dell consumer laptop. A month or so before the Bug was born, I had partitioned its hard drive and installed Ubuntu. Because this computer is both my work and home computer, I used windows at work (hello proprietary software) and linux at home.
But more and more I found myself unable to use the computer at home. And then my awesome wife bought me an itouch for our anniversary (she got a blackberry - the easiest gift I ever got her, since she got it for herself), further negating any need for a home computer.
And also more and more, I found myself using web-based products - newsgator for rss feeds and imap for email - blurring the line between operating systems.
When I got this computer - more business-oriented model than my old one - I decided it didn’t really serve any purpose putting a different OS on it. While I much prefer linux to windows, I had to admit that linux didn’t really offer a lot over windows, and I never loved the way linux changes the boot menu (although I’ve since learned how to change that).
But now that it’s been about a month since I’ve been on a linux box, I’m feeling withdrawal. I just enjoy linux more. I prefer my free time on my computer to be spent in linux. And more and more I’m tempted by the ease offered by wubi, which installs ubuntu as if it’s just another program, with the only difference being that it doesn’t mess with the file system (which is also a downside, because one of the big pros to linux is the superior (compared to ntfs) ext3 filesystem that never needs to be defragmented, etc).
What to do, what to do.
What would you put up with to feel better?
Would you be ok smelling like peppermint?
I’m not just curious because I’m bored. This isn’t a philosophical question, like “how many angels can fit on the head of a pin” or “if God is all powerful, can he he make a rock so big he cannot lift it?”
No, I’m asking because that’s what I’ve got going on right now. A big study came out a few weeks ago, and it turns out that peppermint oil is really good for people with stomach issues.
Awesome, I thought. Peppermint oil is relatively cheap and quite easy to come by (in pill form); you don’t even need a prescription.
But there are the downsides: for the first day, everything I ate tasted like peppermint. And I hate peppermint. But by the second day, the taste had gone away and I was feeling good. Unfortunately, I wasn’t smelling good.
Apparently, I now smell like peppermint. Not cool.
So what would you put up with to feel better? I have chronic stomach issues. I will hurt for the rest of my life. But here is a fairly simple and relatively cheap way to feel at least halfway normal. But it makes me smell like peppermint. And I’m not sure that’s a good trade.
I am thankful for
On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for (in no particular order):
- Katie
- H, J, E, C, and +1
- My parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, nieces & nephews, and other family members’
- The kids’ Allison and Tant families
- Gainful employment in rough times
- The roof over my head and the fire in the fireplace
- My new car and its good health
- My dog, even though he’s barking again
- Four day weekends
- New music
- Modern medicine
- Turkey and dressing
I’m sure I’ll think of more as the day goes on. Life is good.
She likes her dad’s hat
There’s one thing I don’t like about having a fireplace
I absolutely love having a fireplace. We have a nice, roasting fire probably 80% of the cold nights of the year.
And probably in probably 10% of those nights I somehow manage to burn myself. It only takes grazing the metal around the super sweet fireplace insert, and I’m hurting for hours.
Tonight it’s on my right wrist, and I am not pleased.
Her life just passed in front of her eyes
C and her Mimi were coming up the stairs just now when something fell down the stairs - one step at a time. It wasn’t her bottle, as it turns out, but she sure thought it was:
“Boppeeeee!!!!!!”
Thanksgiving calories
Everyone knows that Thanksgiving is a calorie-free meal, right? It’s a holiday! Calories don’t count!
My question is whether really this isn’t a holiday week; do calories really count at all this week? Can’t I eat whatever I want all week without it counting?
