Monthly Archives: March 2009

Vancouver day 4

Today was a finely orchestrated travel saga. Wayne was on high alert to mounting wait times at the border. George and Claire had to wait for nearly 3hr on their trip last week. Despite that, we still had some tripping … Continue reading

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School daze

Kindergarten has been my odyssey this week. Over the past 4 weeks, Wayne and I have looked at 4 different schools. Mostly, I’ve been really jazzed about school. I’m so excited for Sara to go to the big K. It … Continue reading

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Spider policies

5 yr olds would make good hospital administrators. Policies of our household are discussed in exquisite detail. Today, Sara, our household administrator, declared that we can kill Mommy and Daddy spiders, but not baby spiders. This accurately describes my actions. … Continue reading

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Week

Tired. Need to unwind. Late before work and I’ve planned and cleared my desk. Thoughts of the busy, crazy wonderful week. Applying time management techniques…finally. Trying to cook. Not successful. Crazy hosting. 4 adults, 5 kids under 6, tired, stressed, … Continue reading

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Improved netbook.

I just added an extra 512Mb of memory and a DW1390 wireless card to my Acer Aspire One 150 netbook. Now it has 1.5G and the wireless works (ie. the old card disconnected often and did not work under OS-X). … Continue reading

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Oven repairman

Well I learned today that if things turn really bad in this economy, at least I can find a job as an oven repairman. Our oven has been on the fritz for the better part of 6 months now. It … Continue reading

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