Well the new year is off with a bang... litteraly. Poor Tilmani stub-mauled his pinkie toe on the floor level wood trim in the bathroom. Not only did the stubbing hurt, it also bit a chunk out of his toe. ((He has a bandaid on it.))
Mini Monster has been gleefully unaware of the injury, and has stepped on his daddy's feet seven or eight times. Mini monster is doing ok, but he had a stomach bug yesterday, which I seem to have today. ((I have a kind of upset stomach.))
Really great way to start 2011.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Ringing In the New Year
We're ringing in the new year with surprisingly warm weather ((50 degrees or so)), some new games ((check out Holding Pattern)), a cold beer and the X-files movie.
We watched pretty much the entire series, so it's kind of interesting to see what they do with the whole movie thing. Maybe not the most traditional means of ringing in the New Year, but hey, we're geeks, what do you want?
MiniMonster has had a busy day, and he's sleeping right now. He also outgrew his 12 month clothing for the most part, except for the few with nice button necks to give them more room. The other ones are too squinchy and he gets really upset if you try and put them on. He even outgrew all of his 12 month footies, and he's not even 12 months old yet. Big guy!
We went on a major shopping spree this week to buy him upgraded stuff, and made some good finds. He also has Batman PJ's now. ((We got them in two sizes so he wouldn't outgrow it quite as fast.))
He also made a point of picking himself some (largely green) Dino and Monster socks. That was kinda funny. <3 Oh and he convinced Auntie Roo's good friend Lil' to buy him an incredibly cute stuffed tortoise at Kohls. It was kind of impressive to see him in action, since Lil', like Auntie Roo, isn't entirely comfortable around small children not having handled them very often, and especially because he's been in clingy, anxiety mode lately. I know it's normal for kids, but it's frustrating for everyone I think, him too.
And we still haven't figured out what kind of cake we're going to make him.
I do recommend that even the non geeks check out Echo Bazaar though. It's fun, kind of Lovecraftian and turn based, and easy to master. Less tricky and thought involved than Die2Nite and it's zombie glory, but definitely addictive. I'm having a blast.
We watched pretty much the entire series, so it's kind of interesting to see what they do with the whole movie thing. Maybe not the most traditional means of ringing in the New Year, but hey, we're geeks, what do you want?
MiniMonster has had a busy day, and he's sleeping right now. He also outgrew his 12 month clothing for the most part, except for the few with nice button necks to give them more room. The other ones are too squinchy and he gets really upset if you try and put them on. He even outgrew all of his 12 month footies, and he's not even 12 months old yet. Big guy!
We went on a major shopping spree this week to buy him upgraded stuff, and made some good finds. He also has Batman PJ's now. ((We got them in two sizes so he wouldn't outgrow it quite as fast.))
He also made a point of picking himself some (largely green) Dino and Monster socks. That was kinda funny. <3 Oh and he convinced Auntie Roo's good friend Lil' to buy him an incredibly cute stuffed tortoise at Kohls. It was kind of impressive to see him in action, since Lil', like Auntie Roo, isn't entirely comfortable around small children not having handled them very often, and especially because he's been in clingy, anxiety mode lately. I know it's normal for kids, but it's frustrating for everyone I think, him too.
And we still haven't figured out what kind of cake we're going to make him.
I do recommend that even the non geeks check out Echo Bazaar though. It's fun, kind of Lovecraftian and turn based, and easy to master. Less tricky and thought involved than Die2Nite and it's zombie glory, but definitely addictive. I'm having a blast.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
I'm not Dreaming of a White Post-Christmas
But I might tonight, since Tilmani and I spent an obnoxious amount of time shoveling something like two feet of snow out of the driveway, and that's after he did some break out shoveling last night. Needless to say we're both pretty sore, but the driveway is clear and so are the steps.
The back and Side yard have really wild and interesting Snow Drifts, full of edges and valleys. In some places the ground has only an half inch of snow due to the powerful wind gusts last night, and in other places... well... it's like the driveway. It's sort of cool, but dang heavy. The snow wasn't the wettest and heaviest we've shoveled, but it certainly wasn't fluffy and light.
I'm rather glad I own some home made wool socks these days ((These were made by my teacher and her antique auto-knitter.)) They kept my feet toasty warm, which was fantastic, since normally my fingers and toes practically freeze off by the time I've been out shoveling for a little while, regardless of my foot and hand gear.
It's a good soup day, so we're making the Onion-Potato soup in my recipe list, although I admit I tossed some bacon bits in just to change it up a little.
The back and Side yard have really wild and interesting Snow Drifts, full of edges and valleys. In some places the ground has only an half inch of snow due to the powerful wind gusts last night, and in other places... well... it's like the driveway. It's sort of cool, but dang heavy. The snow wasn't the wettest and heaviest we've shoveled, but it certainly wasn't fluffy and light.
I'm rather glad I own some home made wool socks these days ((These were made by my teacher and her antique auto-knitter.)) They kept my feet toasty warm, which was fantastic, since normally my fingers and toes practically freeze off by the time I've been out shoveling for a little while, regardless of my foot and hand gear.
It's a good soup day, so we're making the Onion-Potato soup in my recipe list, although I admit I tossed some bacon bits in just to change it up a little.
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