Monday, May 25, 2009

Aidan is a such a good guy and he had such a hard birthday. He got a fever on the night of his birthday. Instead of going out for sushi, which he'd wanted to do for weeks, I had to go get it and bring it home. Then he got nausea and now sushi is one of his favorite foods that he never wants to eat (or talk about) again (in addition to pie crust, cinnamon rolls, and now, cheesecake). Then we had to cancel his Saturday birthday party, but mom and dad and Sarah and Dennis braved his illness and came over, which cheered him up quite a bit, although his fever made him tired and uncomfortable. By Saturday night it was very clear he had the flu. Sunday morning he was so miserable that John took him to the ER, just to be sure he was ok. They no longer test for swine flu, I guess because it isn't turning out to be any more serious than any other flu. But either way, he had the flu. Today (monday) he's done with the fever, and just feeling tired, but better. We can't re-schedule his party for this week, in case any of us come down with it. But maybe next week. Anyway, it makes him feel bad when people make a big deal of his troubles, but he really did have a rough birthday, and hopefully his baptism will be something great that can make up for it!

Friday, May 22, 2009

Happy Birthday Aidan!














He's 8!



















































From Mother's day






































when we finished the sewer line for the second time out to the studio I vowed never to plumb again.

alas, the sewer out front decided to spring an internal collapse.








































at least something was affordable.


















If we ever sell the house we will brag about our shiny new sewers.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Where I'll be on June 12 & 13

Do I find this incredibly intimidating? Yes, I do.

























Monday, May 11, 2009

I do like a good chart.

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/obamatracker/


There are actually more than a few people in the world who like to geek out over these types of things. Two of my favorite books by the man referred to as "the daVinci of data". I think anyone interested in visual art, music, science, math or statistics would love these books.

Saturday, May 09, 2009

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