This weekend's trip from Chicago to Windsor, Canada was accompanied with the usual brand of pure commuting hell. Read the rest of this entry ...
In some ways it sucks to buy a house with a garden that requires a LOT of work, especially when you've a) never had a garden of your own and b) have two new babies to take care of. Nonetheless, today it is worth it. Some pictures from our garden. Read the rest of this entry ...
I've recently started to approach my storage limit on my main system at home. I've had the notion for a little while now that I'd eventually like to build a media server at home and then serve the content to an entertainment center in our house so that I have my own "video-on-demand" system. Read the rest of this entry ...
Yesterday I watched in horror as one of my 14-month old sons toddled over to the door to our office, reached up and started jiggling the doorknob. I sat rooted to the spot with Jacob, holding my breath because I knew that the moment he learned how to turn the doorknob to open the door that our lives would be changed forever. I kept calling him to try and distract him so he'd forget about the door ("Joshua let's read a book....Joshua where's Mickey Mouse?....Joshua...Joshua..."), I must have sounded pretty desperate.
Thankfully he eventually wandered away from the door...this time. I guess it's time we figure out how to childproof the doors beyond simply keeping the doors closed. Little brass hooks installed at 5' should do it...until my kids learn to stand on each others shoulders...
Oh the times they are a scary...
I'm having a hard time with Creeping Charlie and other weeds this year. A little while ago, I talked about my desire to establish a clover lawn. I noticed just this week that the clover areas seem thicker and wider, but it's still only in patches and not consistent. Also, the Creeping Charlie is intermingled with it and I don't like its broad leaves, they are way too distracting. Read the rest of this entry ...