As I was biking Meg to an afternoon appointment after school, I was on the sidewalk going through Tenley Circle, because drivers are complete idiots there, and it's congested enough that people on foot get through the intersection faster than cars do ( Read more... )

In my last post, I talked about the deals that XM was offering me to continue the free subscription we got with the new car. Since then, they offered me another deal which was almost enough to get me to pay for it - six months for the price of two. But even that price is the same as buying the 3 most recent Kidz Bop albums new ( Read more... )

Our new vehicle came with a free 3 month trial subscription to XM Radio. On the way home from the dealership, the kids requested music, and Jess found a station called Kidz Bop. Since then, I've spent a bit of time looking at the list of stations and listening to a few that sounded promising, but really, we've only spent any significant time ( Read more... )

This afternoon, Bella was talking to a family friend about how her afternoon had been going. She said that she had been complaining to me all afternoon about her busy Monday schedule. The friend asked, "Don't you think that would annoy your Dad?" To which Bella replied, "No, I do it all the time."

Apparently, since sometime last June, the company that Meg's school uses for health record management (Magnus Health - since I'm perfectly willing to name and shame companies which don't provide good customer service) has made changes to their system. Last year, when I electronically "signed" one of the forms, I typed my first name, middle initial ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon, I spent a couple hours putting together Bella's new trail-a-bike. In the evening, we took it out for a spin. She enjoyed it, and I could definitely feel the boost provided by her pedaling - even when riding up the steep (10% grade) hill near our house ( Read more... )

This evening, as Bella was getting ready for bed, Jess asked, "How are you doing ( Read more... )

Today, Bella was reading a book about planets. One that was mentioned was the dwarf planet Eris. She pronounced it with a long E, and I pointed out that some people pronounce it with a short E. She replied EEris, Airis, whatever ( Read more... )

This time, my reward was for doing something I wanted to do anyway, and really didn't have any reason to avoid. Last Friday was Bike to Work Day. Because the weather was beautiful, I wanted to hop on the bike and ride around a bit, and might have done so even if it biking wasn't in the name of the day. So I got the kids on the bike and took them ( Read more... )

In this afternoon's mail, I got a promotional mailing from Crate & Barrel. Apparently, they think I just moved in, because it included a discount card good for 15% off things "for your new home". My first thought was that 15% off would be great, but I don't remember there being anything I really liked the last time I was in Crate & Barrel (which ( Read more... )