The BoneBlog

For those of you who don't know, we are proctrastinators of the first order. Sometimes. Greg and I decided last spring to build a shed to house our riding mower and some tools and other miscellany. We thought it would be a good test to see if our marriage could survive finishing the basement of our...

That Dang Ol' Shed and Tasty Pumpkins. →

Yesterday I had a conference with Laurel's regular classroom teacher. 'Keeps materials and desk organized' was marked as 'improvement needed.' I cannot begin to imagine where she picked up her lack of organization. Certainly not from Mommy's example*: And it couldn't be from...

Teacher Conferences and the Good Stuff. →

Question: What is the biggest challenge to hosting your own blog on your own machine rather than using Blogspot or some service like that? Answer: Ethan knows how to turn off the power strip to this machine. And he does. Often. Sometimes in the middle of a sen--...

Blog Difficulties; or, Why this Site May Be Less than Dependable. →

This is what happens when Laurel is allowed to play with her little brother unsupervised: Talk about a good picture for future blackmail. Oops....

Ethan in Drag. →

What has Greg done for me lately? 1. Got pictures off the camera for me; 2. Bought me these: 3. Helped me burn VHS to DVD; 4. Lots of other stuff, but too much to mention here. Thanks, sweetie. You're the greatest....

What Have You Done for Me Lately? →

Ethan: Yesterday I'm sitting here while Ethan is running back and forth playing, so I sort of tuned him out until I heard a splash. Then another. And another. I look around and lo, there he is with his hand in the toilet. Yay! I jump up and start hustling over to him to make him stop, but watch in...

Kid Stuff & the Reason for No New Pictures. →

Here's our first stab at putting video in the BoneBlog. I somehow managed to screw up the BoneBlog yesterday while trying to get this to work. We still don't know how I managed that, but obviously I'm an overachiever. Greg worked for a long time to fix my screwup and get this working after...

Ethan Marciano. →

This post was actually written yesterday, but I lost it when I screwed up the Boneblog. Thanks to Greg, I have the text back - he's the greatest! Right now I'm sitting here at the computer which is 14 feet away from the kitchen trash can. Yes, I measured. I am like that. The trash can smell is...

My House Never Smells Good Anymore. →

Well, we decided it's time for Laurel to have a computer of her own. That means a new computer for general purposes and Laurel gets the hand-me-down. Not so bad as hand-me-downs go, I think its a Pentium 4 with 640MB of RAM. Mainly due to great pricing from Dell, I have been telling myself I would...

New Home for The BoneBlog →

A funny thing happened yesterday. I went to get Laurel after school but it was p-o-u-r-i-n-g rain. When that happens, the school releases in the gymnasium rather than outdoors. So I parked and, with umbrella in one hand and felt-like-30-lbs-already Ethan in the other, trudged through the rain all the...

The Empress of Entitlement and the Guitar Girl. →

As parents of a 7-year-old and a 1-year-old, we find we are subject to lots of big messes. Here are some of Ethan's more recent: "Hello? Bakery? I need more cake." "Blue is my favorite flavor."...

Big Messes. →

I made the mistake of watching Dr. Phil one day when this Frank Lawlis fellow was on, and I was suckered into reading his book, The IQ Answer . From the show -- and admittedly I only caught the tail-end of it -- I thought he was full of insightful methods to improve your child's cognitive abilities...

Fluoride and Fun Times. →

Ethan's new shirts - click to enlarge. We also purchased a new coat for Ethan. His reaction? "I hate this coat. Really." "I'm throwing it out. Now."...

Nerdly Shirts & One Angry Boy. →

We live on a "private road designated for public use." As such, we have a Road Association and we all pay yearly dues to the association to handle our road maintenance. Monday night we had the first meeting of the Association since we moved here. Wow. First of all, the people who live on our...

The Road Soiree. →

There just aren't enough bloggers out there, so we've decided to add our 2 cents. Well, I have anyway. Greg is tech support and might even post now and then if he can drag himself away from his other obligations. Here's hoping I can find something to say. Cross your fingers....

Entering the Fray. →