(Sung to the tune of “I feel pretty” from Westside Story)\par
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Yes, today was a productive day, possibly the most productive day within the last couple month for the simple reason that today we got ride of a LOT of junk and trash. We ended up in this house because of a failed joint-living situation with [...]
Ezra’s really discovered his voice lately. Although he has an adequate (to him) vocabulary, generally communicating clearly anything truly\’c3\’82\’c2\~necessary (hunger, thirsty, “mine!” ), he has until recently shown no interest in saying anything new just because he can. But this has changed and now he repeats lots of words, especially when we’re reading to him [...]
As I was going through the drive-through Dutch Brother’s Coffee place in Oregon City, I saw a local mailman with the traditional mail bag over his shoulder, and the traditional mailman uniform walk up to the Dutch Bros. to deliver a letter. He came in behind two people who’d been standing in line for the [...]
Today, in a moment of unmatched\’c3\’82\’c2\~gracefulness, I swung my leg up over a bench effortlessly smashing my right knee into our picnic table. It hurt… a lot. The sort of hurting that would call forth unprintable language, except that I don’t generally use that, except in my head, and the boys were right there with [...]
Ezra is starting to talk a lot more. The one thing that makes him seem much older is that instead of making the short A sound for “yeah,” he actually says “yeah” very clearly and distinctly. It’s still catching me by surprise!
Well, it’s been about a week and a half and I’m not so seriously considering painting my room green anymore. I am feeling an overwhelming urge to get my house completely in order – as in everything. I wonder how long that’ll last?\par
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Right now I was on the internet surfing for recipes to make a [...]