Now wouldn't this be cool? Maybe next bonus. :)

Nick is teething again.   It's so much easier to tell this time.  He points at his mouth (pointer fingers actually inside his mouth) and tells me, "Mouth hurts!"

That's pretty clear.  :)  Poor boy!

Nick had a restless night.  Our current theory is the (baked) cauliflower for dinner gave him gas.  We never actually heard any but that's all we've got.  Poor boy ( Read more... )

I received my second email from Alaskan family and friends regarding Governor Palin. Keeping in mind that Alaska is consistently a Republican state, they've both been in support of her VP bid. Also, keeping in mind that we Alaskans tend to speak our minds and tell everyone around what we think, I wonder how many more I'll get ( Read more... )

...would officially be my sister! Woohoo! :)

Wasilla, Alaska is now on the map, courtesy of Sarah Palin. It's a nice small town of between 5,000 and 9,000. My great-grandparents homesteaded on the shores of Wasilla Lake. I still have some family up there. Someone asked me today what they think of Palin. Truthfully, I haven't asked them. We have very different politics and sometimes it's ( Read more... )

Seventh Generation Index

Okay, this is just too cool: Midnight Sun on Mars Make sure you enlarge it.

I have *got* to quit reading news articles about injured (killed) children. It makes me sick to my stomach but I keep clicking on the links. A few days ago, there was a news blurb about the dad who "fell asleep" while holding his 7 month old son near a FIRE PIT. The poor child fell in. He didn't survive. Then tonight there was the man who was ( Read more... )

This time it's really there. (Just in case you thought this was another April Fools joke. :) )