Kidlet had her very first swim lesson today. She's loved playing in the water at bath time, and she gets very excited when we're near a fountain, so we figured that she'd love swimming lessons ( Read more... )

I'm mowing my way through 1636: The Kremlin Games, and two thougts keep popping up for me.

First of all, I'm remembering why I love the 163x-verse so much. It's been very hit-or-miss for me lately, what with not enjoying a number of the stories in Ring of Fire III and with despising 1635: The Eastern Front. (I thought it was nothing but a ( Read more... )

My shipment of books for me came in! I'm so used to Amazon's two days that the standard book rate on these used books was a little annoying. But now that I know about Silver Arch Books, I will probably just buy directly from them in the future ( Read more... )

So, in Judaism (at least within the modern Reform movement), after a child is eight days old, they are called up before the congregation and given the priestly blessing, in their own name. It is one of three times when a person is given the priestly blessing all by themselves, the other two being at their b'nai mitzvah and the Shabbat before their ( Read more... )

Kidlet actually slept for five straight hours last night, and let me get another three in after that. And she's probably out for a little longer, now, which actually gives me time to do things like write. Not even an attempt at NaNo this year for me, I'm afraid. When just a blog post takes time, 1700 words/day is not happening ( Read more... )

So yesterday was some big firsts. First, Kidlet was gnawing on my finger, which is no big deal. Except this time, there was something sharp and pointy and freaking painful. At first I thought that Kidlet had gotten something in her mouth, but then I realized what it must be -- her first tooth, just starting to break through. It's not much, but ( Read more... )

Kidlet had her first bath in a tub today; she's really too long for the sink now. She loved splashing around, and loved playing with the duckie. The only part she didn't like was getting her face and hair rinsed off. One of the items on the to-buy list is a hose showerhead for the upstairs secondary bath. This was the second or third time we've ( Read more... )

A very excellent documentary, and one that make me want to go and read books by the people who were on the documentary. One of them is on ebook at KCLS, and I got a copy of the one that seems most apropos; A Drinking Life. We'll see how good it is after I finish the two I'm reading now ( Read more... )

Rosh Hashanah was very low-key this year. We had the seder at my mother's house, but that was it. I'd been away from work too much, and there wouldn't be a good place to pump at the synagogue, and I had to leave work early the next day for Kidlet's medical appointment, so the family seder was the extent of our observances this year. Which isn't ( Read more... )

I just got six hours of sleep. In a row!

AWESOME!

(Will this be repeated? Not likely. But still a wonderful gift.)