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Sunday, January 08, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Upgrade last post's "mild cold" to "severe cold and tummy bug." Ugh. It seems to be improving and John somehow skipped the crankiness that normally accompanies illness. Once his slight fever subsided, he seemed perfectly happy to lose his milk then crawl away and play with a book while I cleaned up the mess. I've done a bunch of laundry today and he seems to be holding things down again, so the healthy baby is back besides, still, a mild cold.
We got John's band off for good on Friday. He looks great and has somehow managed to avoid banging his head despite the bad habits he gained while "banded." While in the baby swing (which he's too big for) during supper, he stuck his head between the side bars as he frequently does to stop, but he wasn't going fast enough to get hurt. Yesterday night he demonstrated grabbing the bars to stop, so there may be some hope for him even when he's going fast.
I've been practicing guitar this week and my hands *hurt*. However, I think I've gotten much better. A light went on and I realized that changing chords is much easier if I don't watch my hands. As I've developed that habit, my chord changing speed has increased greatly.
We're off to AAS tomorrow night. Maybe we'll meet up with some of you there!
We got John's band off for good on Friday. He looks great and has somehow managed to avoid banging his head despite the bad habits he gained while "banded." While in the baby swing (which he's too big for) during supper, he stuck his head between the side bars as he frequently does to stop, but he wasn't going fast enough to get hurt. Yesterday night he demonstrated grabbing the bars to stop, so there may be some hope for him even when he's going fast.
I've been practicing guitar this week and my hands *hurt*. However, I think I've gotten much better. A light went on and I realized that changing chords is much easier if I don't watch my hands. As I've developed that habit, my chord changing speed has increased greatly.
We're off to AAS tomorrow night. Maybe we'll meet up with some of you there!
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Back in out of the rain
We go to California and get wet! How crazy is that???
We ended up skipping the Rose Parade due to the torrential rain. (Well, it seemed torrential.) Sandra Day O'Connor was the Grand Marshall. The last time a Supreme Court Justice was Grand Marshall was in 1955 when it was Earl Warren. That was also the last time it rained on the parade. Coincidence? You decide.
We drove from Pasadena to the Bay Area on the afternoon of the 2nd, driving through tumble-weed storms (Dan took a great picture of a car-sized tumble-weed crossing I-5. Don't they know to look both ways?), heavy rain, and very strong winds (we even saw a trailer that had blown over). John was pretty calm in the car; I was pretty distraught.
John cut his eighth tooth and looks so grown up! He's still a cruiser and I know it is time for bed when he falls over while pulling himself up. He loves nursing (and I'm glad of that!). John just got his first cold. How many parents can say that their child's first illness is a mild cold at 10.5 months? Does nursing boost the mother's immune system, too? Before John was born, I remember getting sick more frequently than I do now. Dan's had two colds since John was born, both of which I've also had, but they lasted about five days each for Dan and only one day each for me.
Beth and I taught ourselves to make Pearl Milk Tea while in CA, but Dan doesn't like the pearls. It's basically really sweet tea with a lot of milk. IMO, the pearls make drinking the tea a lot more fun.
My favorite present was a sourdough cutting board and bread knife from Beth. The knife's design makes it really easy to cut the bread straight and the cutting board has grooves so that the crumbs don't spill all over your kitchen table. Thanks, Beth!
Have you ever milled your own grains? What did you think? Have you sprouted grains? So many things to try...
We ended up skipping the Rose Parade due to the torrential rain. (Well, it seemed torrential.) Sandra Day O'Connor was the Grand Marshall. The last time a Supreme Court Justice was Grand Marshall was in 1955 when it was Earl Warren. That was also the last time it rained on the parade. Coincidence? You decide.
We drove from Pasadena to the Bay Area on the afternoon of the 2nd, driving through tumble-weed storms (Dan took a great picture of a car-sized tumble-weed crossing I-5. Don't they know to look both ways?), heavy rain, and very strong winds (we even saw a trailer that had blown over). John was pretty calm in the car; I was pretty distraught.
John cut his eighth tooth and looks so grown up! He's still a cruiser and I know it is time for bed when he falls over while pulling himself up. He loves nursing (and I'm glad of that!). John just got his first cold. How many parents can say that their child's first illness is a mild cold at 10.5 months? Does nursing boost the mother's immune system, too? Before John was born, I remember getting sick more frequently than I do now. Dan's had two colds since John was born, both of which I've also had, but they lasted about five days each for Dan and only one day each for me.
Beth and I taught ourselves to make Pearl Milk Tea while in CA, but Dan doesn't like the pearls. It's basically really sweet tea with a lot of milk. IMO, the pearls make drinking the tea a lot more fun.
My favorite present was a sourdough cutting board and bread knife from Beth. The knife's design makes it really easy to cut the bread straight and the cutting board has grooves so that the crumbs don't spill all over your kitchen table. Thanks, Beth!
Have you ever milled your own grains? What did you think? Have you sprouted grains? So many things to try...
