jennifer.blog

Author: Jennifer M. Dodd

  • Grilling And Chilling

    patriotic dresses

    On the 4th of July, Rebecca bounded out of bed and got dressed in her brand new dress. The bounding! The hair fixing! (Honestly, the hair fixing. She brushed it without being told. This is a lovely development.)

    not sharing

    Marcus and Rebecca worked on their sharing skills while we fired the grill for burgers and hot dogs.

    loldog

    Kaylee trotted around to see how close she could get to unprotected meat. Alas, no success there. Marcus and I worked on her “come” skills with fresh green bean pieces between flipping burgers. She did get to finish Madeline’s hot dog.

    still goofing off

    The kids had a great time playing outside. We ate just before it started to drizzle off and on.

    green bean lost, but not forgotten

    Madeline lost her green bean to the neighbor’s dog. I got her another one.

  • 03 July 2008

    Yesterday…

    * The kids did their swimming tests at Stonewall Park Pool. Rebecca passed RC Level 3, Marcus almost passed–he failed the backstroke. No big deal, though, as they’ve still got four more weeks of classes ahead of them
    * We went to Costco. I would love shopping there if only they would stop creating massive traffic jams with their sample stations. We picked up ground beef and buns for burgers on the 4th.
    * I unearthed entries from my previous server and wrote a script to translate the PostgreSQL Movable Type entries (and comments) into MySQL WordPress INSERT statements. Pasted them into the SQL tab of phpMyAdmin and suddenly I’ve got 41 more posts from 2004. I dread writing the Perl parser to do the next batch–HTML only. Possibly from Greymatter. Scary stuff.

  • Links For 27 June 2008

    [Marinespecies.org](http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php)
    : The home of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), providing a comprehensive listing of names of marine organisms.

  • Wide Eyed

    I took the older kids to the optometrist today. They both had their eyes dilated and are now miserable. Reading is hard! The horror!

  • Links For 21 June 2008

    [2,002 honest fonts](http://www.somethingawful.com/fakesa/fontsite/)
    : The only free font site you will ever need.

  • Links For 19 June 2008

    [Outdoor planting table](http://www.almanac.com/garden/plantingtable/index.php)
    : An outdoor planting table for common crops, customizable by ZIP code.

  • Links For 16 June 2008

    [Doughnut muffins](http://community.livejournal.com/bakebakebake/1326287.html)
    : A best-of-both-worlds recipe. Taste of doughnuts, ease of muffins.

    [Luscious lemon slices](http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/2008/06/15/luscious-lemon-slices/)
    : Recipe from “Mix & Bake” by Belinda Jeffery.

    [The cheapest fruits and vegetables month-by-month](http://frugalliving.about.com/od/foodsavings/tp/Cheapest_Produce.htm)
    : Month-by-month lists of seasonal fruits and vegetables.

    [The best time to buy everything](http://frugalliving.about.com/od/bargainshopping/tp/Best_Time_To_Buy_Everything.htm)
    : Lists of when common foods and household items are generally on sale. (In-season foods, closeout household items.)

    [Ten dollar meals](http://busycooks.about.com/od/dinnerrecipes/a/tendollarmeals.htm?r=9F)
    : A variety of meal plans for under ten dollars.

    [PHPXref](http://phpxref.com/)
    : A cross-referenced code library of Open Source PHP projects.