Last night John and I went to a movie together for the first time in months. I had hoped to have a nice pleasant evening out and unfortunately it didn't turn out that way. We went to see Narnia (as you may be able to tell by the title) and it was a pretty good movie. The kids did a great job and the special effects were amazing (what else would ( Read more... )

A friend emailed this to me and I had to share. I usually make Christmas cookies every year, but unfortunately I won't get to try these ones this year. I'll have to stick with the cut-out cookies and the chocolate snow-tops or whatever they're called ( Read more... )

The semester is finally over, at least for me. I gave my last exam on Wednesday, had my last museum prep session yesterday, and turned in the final grades. Hurray! I've also finally cleaned up all my data and am ready to write my last dissertation chapter. I started the analyses yesterday. I may actually get this paper finished before Moira ( Read more... )

I had a prenatal check-up yesterday (33 wks) and all is well. I've gained 35 pounds so far and I still have 7 weeks left! I quit working out way too early on this one and have eaten way too much chocolate! Some days I feel like I'm going to reinact a scene from Alien. Moira has taken to pushing straight out and I feel my skin stretch to its ( Read more... )

I just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. May you have lots of great food and someone to share it with. John's parents are coming into town, so I'm staying home tomorrow to give the house a good clean and do all the chores that I put off because I really dislike them (like dusting a vacuuming). Since Andrea started the list ( Read more... )

Erin's becoming a little chatter box. Each day we try to get her to say a new word. Sometimes we succeed and she retains the word, other times she says it for a while and then forgets and goes back to her old favorites. For a while now she's been able to shake her head no in response to a question and actually mean no. Well, this weekend I ( Read more... )

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As you may remember from a previous post, we are trying to completely wean Erin from the bottle. In the last 7-10 days she's only had 1 bottle before going to bed. I think we've pretty much eliminated that bottle! Last week (Mon-Fri) she also slept through the night with no problem. I started thinking, hey this is pretty easy. Silly mommy! ( Read more... )

I spoke with Shelly Steadman at the forensics lab today. She is incredibly nice and very helpful. Unfortunately there are no positions in Wichita right now, but she did give me lots of tips about pursuing forensics positions and even offered to show me the facilities next time I was in town. Thanks for giving me her contact info!

Today marked one of those precious milestones. Erin threw her first toy in the toilet! The good news is the water was clean and the toy was a bath toy (hence it being in the bathroom). I often let her come in to the bathroom while I'm getting ready in the morning. She usually comes in to say Hi, pound on the toilet lid (which we keep closed), ( Read more... )