Posted in General on Apr 7th, 2007
After 2 weeks, Andrew was finally discharged from Hartford Hospital this morning. He had a translateral mega something something, I don’t know, they opened up his chest, took out some ribs, and replaced some major plumbing, and it SUCKED BALLS.
Here’s some pictures of him in the hospital:
You KNOW you want to see them…
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Posted in General on Mar 31st, 2007
Here’s braedan, born 10:30 yesterday, 7 pounds.
And here’s Elijah (Eli), exact same time, 6 pounds.
Everyone is healthy and well!
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Posted in General on Mar 18th, 2007
Today at starbucks I was posed the question,
“Did you want that without whip cream?”
I responded
“No, whip cream”.
The girl heard “No whip cream” (without the comma)
So I got no whip cream. But I didn’t want not whipped cream, I wanted whip cream.
Obviously when I added that little upswing phoneme at the end of “no”, it […]
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Posted in Pictures, Fun, General on Mar 2nd, 2007
We had a massive amount of rain last night. This morning, I get this in my backyard:
From Lake Nate
From Lake Nate
From Lake Nate
I’m now the proud owner of an entire lake! It’s pretty big, but it’s not that close to my house, so it’s not a direct threat. But, it’s right near […]
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Posted in General on Feb 17th, 2007
Today I take a trip to the local wood stove store to get some replacement parts for my wood stove in my living room. I go to the main counter, and ask for a replacement handle, a thermometer, and a rope gasket for the door. The girl says that I need to go to the […]
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Posted in General on Feb 6th, 2007
Bad: Your employer gives you a $25 gift card to blockbuster as your christmas bonus.
Worse: At the store, you discover that the gift card has actually expired.
Worsest: In your state, it is illegal for companies to expire giftcards.
Worserest: UNLESS the gift card was issued before august 2003. And yours was.
This happened to karen last night! […]
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Posted in General on Jan 25th, 2007
Here’s some of the pictures from our second trimester screening. During this exam, which takes about 90 minutes, they measure just about every bone in the babies body, the size of the internal organs, heart rate, everything. It’s really cool to watch. We were lucky, because baby was moving around a lot, […]
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Posted in General on Jan 3rd, 2007
I’m driving today, and the person ahead of me was going ridiculously slow. Everyone knows that the proper thing to do in that situation is to politely tailgate. So I did. After about 5 seconds, I see the guy in front of me wag his finger in the rear view mirror in […]
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Posted in General on Dec 28th, 2006
As it turns out, quite a bit..
20 feet x 4 feet x 18 inches, all sitting on top of 6×6 pressure treated planks. Took me 2 hours to stack.
I’m unsure how to protect it from the elements. The little kids on the internet claim that you need to season it for 8-10 months, […]
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Posted in General on Dec 17th, 2006
A few weekends ago Eric came up to CT for a visit, driving a brand new fully loaded 2007 Mercedes CL550. Kelly Blue Book lists the car at about 1 hundred grand, MSRP. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a car that fancy or expensive before, so I was curious exactly […]
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