Today was the second time this week we've lost power to storms. Power came back about half an hour ago, after being off since 4pm or so. This means that I can sit in front of the fan and read LJ while the A/C chugs away at bringing the house temperature and humidity back to something I can tolerate ( Read more... )

I had a new professional experience last week. I had to say to the tech standing at the C-II safe, "Please give me 4.8 grams of cocaine." And he did. All part of my job.

We took the kids to Wheaton Regional Park. It took less than 90 minutes for us to call it quits. It was too hot and we just couldn't even stay to eat lunch. We ate in the car on the way back, finished lunch at the table, & put triplets down for a nap. I changed my shirt and went out to Target to get a gift; Julian is going to a birthday party ( Read more... )

A while ago, I built Julian a dresser. It worked out pretty well for him, but it was taller than he was (meaning he would put stuff on top and not be able to find it) and it had more room than he needed, so it would often get filled with non-clothes random stuff ( Read more... )

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http://estherchaya.livejournal.com/428921.html

Could I have written this? No. I couldn't have even come close.

With apologies to George Carlin, who did something similar for the Seven Dwarfs ( Read more... )

So, I mowed the lawn today. Shocking, no? Please remember that the lawnmower storage area is blocked by the sukkah. I took that down today, too.

Only took 6 months to get around to it...

We have a name! Introducing Tova Lieba! (Tova = "good" in Hebrew; Lieba is "loved one" in Yiddish). We'll call her Tobie. Hello, Tobie. It's so nice to meet you!

Beautiful Baby Girl delivered this morning - 10:11am. She was about a month early, but GINORMOUS compared to the newborns we're used to - weighing in at 5lbs, 9ounces. Pictures to follow as soon as Karen gets them online.

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