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  • 02 January 2010

    Yesterday…

    * The house heat broke. Then Matthew fixed it. (Because, actually, he broke it in the first place. Minor detail.)
    * I picked up some LED Christmas lights from the hardware store for $2 per string. Madeline and Becca now have colored crystals all over their bunk bed; Marcus used his to decorate the Nerf gun hanging on his wall. (I totally want to go back for more on Monday.)
    * Chinese food did not agree with Abigail at all. More laundry. Lots and lots of laundry.
    * I made guacamole. Mmm, guacamole.

  • 01 January 2010

    Yesterday…

    * I converted most of from [Textile](http://textile.thresholdstate.com/) to [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/). Certain behaviors in Textile were giving me conniptions, like enclosing perfectly fine `

    `s with `

    `s just for the heck of it. I was in the midst of recoding shortcodes as filters to avoid this behavior when I threw in the towel. (Yes, I know about `notextile..`. No, it was not sufficient.)
    * I made [link slug=”mongolian-beef”] for dinner. Zakk came over, we remarked on how _Kenny vs. Spenny_ has totally jumped the shark.
    * I resolved some issues with my tab shortcode. It just needs some JavaScript tweaking and for me to sort out how to do nice `id`s.
    * Madeline and I watched [Alma](http://vimeo.com/4749536) together. Sweet and horrifying at the same time.

  • Lyrical

    In the car on the way home from Thanksgiving, with Abigail wailing and Rebecca singing to her and me swiftly succumbing to Madeline’s cold.

    Rebecca: Mom, do you know any other Christmas carols I can sing to her?
    Me: My throat is sore and I have no voice.
    Rebecca: I don’t know the words to that one.

  • Wheels Spinning, Spinning Wheels

    While reviewing [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/) images for a web site banner, Marcus poked his nose over my shoulder.

    Marcus: What is all that?
    Me: Yarn.
    Marcus: That’s a lot of yarn.
    Me: Yes, it is.
    Marcus: So, do they have yarn making machines?
    Me: Yes, they’re called spinning wheels.
    Marcus: Oooooooh.

  • Housekeeping Tip #1

  • Have Tent, Will Travel

    Last week, Matthew loaded up the truck and the whole family went camping in northeastern PA. One of his online forum friends owns a mountain; we spent Thursday through Sunday living on it.

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  • 05 August 2009

    Yesterday…

    * L. and I met up at House of Bounce for their morning bounce session. Abigail managed to spit up all over my shirt in spite of careful handling. Marcus sprained his wrist. Madeline refused to leave. Good times!
    * I made an awesome [link slug=”hot-crab-dip-and-crostini”] to bring over to my weekly girls’-night-in with L.
    * Abigail woke up from a nap and her mosquito bite was well on its way to being infected, so we took her to Emergicare. Antibiotics for the next week, etc. (As I write this, it already looks much better.)