Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Another busy day of work. Projects, batches, post, etc. This is the last day of the month, so start your engines… Karina, HR department, brought in Mardi Gras necklaces for us all to were. Festive. No parade, however. – Oh, my! So, as usual we still get the occasional room of rest misfortune. Today, someone chose to leave his ‘gift’. Poor Carrie went to go in there and came out horrified. She couldn’t even flush for fear of clogging. She talked Jan into calling Central, but wait…Val who has muchas dama cohonnes, walks into the conference room where she knows the perpetrator to be. She exclaims to the administrator that someone left a load, and said offender, who is standing right next to him, fesses up and goes to fix the problem. Poor new guy. He lost the battle before he even started here. His predecessor spilled the beans that he has an unusual hobby. He likes something called “fursuiting”. Now go research that and tell me this guy doesn’t have some giggles from the gals in the business office. The person who started this gossip chain even backed it up by providing a website with pictures of our furrier. I have yet to see it, but most likely will. So, that that hairball has been flushed…
Word(s) of the day: MARDI GRAS
Lexie log: I love to call home and have her tell me what she’s up to. Just a minute ago, she told me that she had eggs for breakfast, made a house, had a baby bear, and watched Bob the Builder.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, chicken, tomatoes, paperclips, my friends, laughter, energy, and life.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
Cross in the sky, star of the sea, Under the moonlight, there she can safely go, Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
Monday, February 27, 2006
Another wonderful weekend passed. I’m getting pretty caught up at work, starting to enter charge batches for pediatrics and posting payments when I hit a slow period. It’s almost month end again, so the pace will pick up a bit in a couple days. – Thumper had his six month birthday yesterday. We celebrated Saturday by taking him to the river. He fetched and ran, and had a blast. Yesterday Frank cleaned up the back yard for him, another present since the weather has been pretty bad.
Word(s) of the day: PAPEL
Lexie log: She is on the down side of her cold now. I hated not going swimming Saturday night, but she needed the rest. She was pissed that we didn’t go. On the flip side, I she really outdid herself in swim Sunday. She listened and waited and just did a super job. Saturday night we played on the couch for the two hours we would normally spend swimming. – Saturday she played in the sand at the river, and ran up and down the water line with Thumper. After, we went to Gramma Betty’s and went to Michoacan restaurant. Tonight when Grammy comes over, we’ll watch the video of the beach.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Gramma Betty, laughter, and life.
Another wonderful weekend passed. I’m getting pretty caught up at work, starting to enter charge batches for pediatrics and posting payments when I hit a slow period. It’s almost month end again, so the pace will pick up a bit in a couple days. – Thumper had his six month birthday yesterday. We celebrated Saturday by taking him to the river. He fetched and ran, and had a blast. Yesterday Frank cleaned up the back yard for him, another present since the weather has been pretty bad.
Word(s) of the day: PAPEL
Lexie log: She is on the down side of her cold now. I hated not going swimming Saturday night, but she needed the rest. She was pissed that we didn’t go. On the flip side, I she really outdid herself in swim Sunday. She listened and waited and just did a super job. Saturday night we played on the couch for the two hours we would normally spend swimming. – Saturday she played in the sand at the river, and ran up and down the water line with Thumper. After, we went to Gramma Betty’s and went to Michoacan restaurant. Tonight when Grammy comes over, we’ll watch the video of the beach.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Gramma Betty, laughter, and life.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Whew! Busy week. – Thumper graduates from beginning obedience training next Wednesday. We’ve yet to decide if we will move on to intermediate. I think it would be great fun, but not as necessary as the first one. Basically, we could get by without it, but it would be great experience. He is the only one in his class that can do a high-five, so last night, we worked on high-ten, while the other dogs worked on high five.
Word(s) of the day: PURPLE
Lexie log: Poor little angel has another cold. Like clockwork, two and a half days after a ‘hands-on’ experience in a multi-child environment (OMSI), she gets another little bug. She is such a trooper though. She started sneezing Tuesday sometime, I heard her on the phone. The she told me she didn’t feel well, and she was sick. I asked her if she had a cold, and she said she did. I’m not sure Daddy was convinced yet though. She knows her body pretty well already. By the time we were at dog school, she was sneezing with a runny nose, and by the middle of the night she was coughing, congested, and low-grade fever. She takes her medicine like a big girl now, because she can associate that her symptoms go away, or at least subside, shortly after taking it. – She hasn’t got the concept of the phone being audio only. She keeps trying to get me to see or smell things when I call home. The other day, she dropped the phone and then proceeded to ask, “Are you OK Mommy?” So cute.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Gramma Betty, weekends, camping, power naps, cuddling, my cats and dog, and happiness.
Whew! Busy week. – Thumper graduates from beginning obedience training next Wednesday. We’ve yet to decide if we will move on to intermediate. I think it would be great fun, but not as necessary as the first one. Basically, we could get by without it, but it would be great experience. He is the only one in his class that can do a high-five, so last night, we worked on high-ten, while the other dogs worked on high five.
Word(s) of the day: PURPLE
Lexie log: Poor little angel has another cold. Like clockwork, two and a half days after a ‘hands-on’ experience in a multi-child environment (OMSI), she gets another little bug. She is such a trooper though. She started sneezing Tuesday sometime, I heard her on the phone. The she told me she didn’t feel well, and she was sick. I asked her if she had a cold, and she said she did. I’m not sure Daddy was convinced yet though. She knows her body pretty well already. By the time we were at dog school, she was sneezing with a runny nose, and by the middle of the night she was coughing, congested, and low-grade fever. She takes her medicine like a big girl now, because she can associate that her symptoms go away, or at least subside, shortly after taking it. – She hasn’t got the concept of the phone being audio only. She keeps trying to get me to see or smell things when I call home. The other day, she dropped the phone and then proceeded to ask, “Are you OK Mommy?” So cute.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Gramma Betty, weekends, camping, power naps, cuddling, my cats and dog, and happiness.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
MyPoints!
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy using MYPOINTS?? I already have over 7,000 points which is over $50.00 in gift certificates and I really don’t have to do much of anything for it. I’ve also got some great deals from the sponsored ads.
Another really busy day. Posting charge batches for pediatrics to help prepare for month end. It’s almost the end of the day, and I have time for a quick little blog before home.
Word(s) of the day: QUASI
Lexie log: Grammy and Lexie played yesterday. She had another day of no nap until after 6:00pm. It snowed a teeny tiny bit in the afternoon.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, tea, color, weekends, gratitude, and life.
Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy using MYPOINTS?? I already have over 7,000 points which is over $50.00 in gift certificates and I really don’t have to do much of anything for it. I’ve also got some great deals from the sponsored ads.
Another really busy day. Posting charge batches for pediatrics to help prepare for month end. It’s almost the end of the day, and I have time for a quick little blog before home.
Word(s) of the day: QUASI
Lexie log: Grammy and Lexie played yesterday. She had another day of no nap until after 6:00pm. It snowed a teeny tiny bit in the afternoon.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, tea, color, weekends, gratitude, and life.
Monday, February 20, 2006
We all live in a yellow submarine...
Monday, February 20, 2006
Not much to say about work today. Same old same old. Pluggin’ along, still enjoying my new duties more than the old.
Word(s) of the day: ELOQUENT THWACK
Lexie log: Saturday we went to Gramma Betty’s house for a couple hours. We brought Thumper, as usual, but this time he got to go in the house. Lexie loved watching Thumper and Pete play. Thumper is 62 pounds of puppy and Pete is a Dachshund who thinks he’s a Husky. Then Lexie’s second cousins Marissa and Gavin stopped by. After playing for a short time at Gramma’s they went back to Aunt Patty’s (their grandma who lives one house away) and Lexie went with them. She had a blast over there. That evening and the next day she kept asking to go over to Aunt Patty cake’s. No one knows where she came up with the name, but it’s cute. I know her Grammy sings patty cake to her, so she must have come up with the new name. – Saturday night we swam for almost two hours. She had a great time going to the bottom of the pool to retrieve toys. She spots the toy on the bottom, I tell her ‘ready go’, and she hold her breath as I help her reach the bottom, then I let go and let her swim back up to the surface. She cried and had a tantrum when it was time to leave. The lifeguard actually had to convince her that it was time to go. – Sunday she did super in swim. She listened and followed instructions. The only issue she kept having is that she refused to climb up and sit on the edge of the pool. The other two kids, Donovan and Gabe, did the same thing. She was being really stubborn from being sleepy. She went to bed later than usual Saturday night, and had been up since 8:30am with no nap. – After swim, we met Grammy and Grandpa at OMSI. What a blast. While we waited for the OMNIMax theater show about Dolphins, we went up the super sized escalator and followed Lexie around the Children’s science play area. She put pieces of plastic fruit over a cone of air to levitate them. She lodges a plastic apple in the opening, and Mommy had to maneuver it out. She splashed around in the water play area. Then she spent about 15-20 minutes barefoot in the sand play area. She even poured a bucket of sand over her head. We sat in the top ten rows at the OMNIMax Theater and watched a fabulous short film about dolphins. It was Lexie’s first theater experience, and even though she was really tired, she enjoyed it immensely. We will have to go back for the animation one. Mommy was a goober and left the tickets in the jacket that Grandpa took back out to the car, so we had to wait to get in line while he went to get them. It put us back in line quite a ways, so next time I’ll be more prepared. While we were in line, Lexie was fascinated by the motion simulator ride. Unfortunately, they require that riders be at least four years old. She freaked when she couldn’t ride it. So, I know what we’ll be doing this December. After the show, we went to the café and ate lunch. Lexie has decided that she no long likes pizza, reason unknown. So she nibbled on cheese, muffin, and chocolate milk. Then we went on the tour of the submarine the USS Blueback. That was pretty neat. She looked out the periscope, sat in the navigators chair, played with huge gold locks on torpedo lockers, and spun some dial/wheel that claimed to be responsible for some equipment, but obviously not since it produced no effect. She spun it around the whole time the tour guide talked about the particular area we were in, all the while chatting about how she was turning the corner. At one point, we had to wait in the crews quarters while everyone caught up with the tour and she had a captive audience. She stood in the center of this barely lit area (red submarine lighting) and stomping her feet and asking how we got in here. At the beginning of the tour she scampered into the captains room, under the ‘do not enter’ sign. The look on her face when the sounded the ‘dive’ alarm was priceless. After the tour, we watched this three dimensional led ball, mechanical maze. She cried when we walked out the door, but cheered up as we walked through the parking lot. She took of her jacket, and because of the static winter air, her hair stood on end. I rubbed her head with her jacket to enhance the effect, and almost fell with laughter. She saw her shadow reflection and laughed too. Passers buy chuckled at her. It was about the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. She cried a little more about having to leave and part from Grammy and Grandpa, but was asleep in the car before we even hit the main road. She slept the whole way home, and then some. Daddy got her a beautiful apache tear necklace that she loved wearing. Grammy got her a stone decorated to look like a ladybug. – All in all, a terrific weekend. Lexie took at least another 30 pictures. She is now paying attention to the subject matter, seriously picking and choosing what she shoots, even trying again when she doesn’t like the result. I really need to get some CD’s to start storing these. Our computer is already pushing what I’d like it to store.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, water, energy, flowers, colors, happiness, and laughter.
Not much to say about work today. Same old same old. Pluggin’ along, still enjoying my new duties more than the old.
Word(s) of the day: ELOQUENT THWACK
Lexie log: Saturday we went to Gramma Betty’s house for a couple hours. We brought Thumper, as usual, but this time he got to go in the house. Lexie loved watching Thumper and Pete play. Thumper is 62 pounds of puppy and Pete is a Dachshund who thinks he’s a Husky. Then Lexie’s second cousins Marissa and Gavin stopped by. After playing for a short time at Gramma’s they went back to Aunt Patty’s (their grandma who lives one house away) and Lexie went with them. She had a blast over there. That evening and the next day she kept asking to go over to Aunt Patty cake’s. No one knows where she came up with the name, but it’s cute. I know her Grammy sings patty cake to her, so she must have come up with the new name. – Saturday night we swam for almost two hours. She had a great time going to the bottom of the pool to retrieve toys. She spots the toy on the bottom, I tell her ‘ready go’, and she hold her breath as I help her reach the bottom, then I let go and let her swim back up to the surface. She cried and had a tantrum when it was time to leave. The lifeguard actually had to convince her that it was time to go. – Sunday she did super in swim. She listened and followed instructions. The only issue she kept having is that she refused to climb up and sit on the edge of the pool. The other two kids, Donovan and Gabe, did the same thing. She was being really stubborn from being sleepy. She went to bed later than usual Saturday night, and had been up since 8:30am with no nap. – After swim, we met Grammy and Grandpa at OMSI. What a blast. While we waited for the OMNIMax theater show about Dolphins, we went up the super sized escalator and followed Lexie around the Children’s science play area. She put pieces of plastic fruit over a cone of air to levitate them. She lodges a plastic apple in the opening, and Mommy had to maneuver it out. She splashed around in the water play area. Then she spent about 15-20 minutes barefoot in the sand play area. She even poured a bucket of sand over her head. We sat in the top ten rows at the OMNIMax Theater and watched a fabulous short film about dolphins. It was Lexie’s first theater experience, and even though she was really tired, she enjoyed it immensely. We will have to go back for the animation one. Mommy was a goober and left the tickets in the jacket that Grandpa took back out to the car, so we had to wait to get in line while he went to get them. It put us back in line quite a ways, so next time I’ll be more prepared. While we were in line, Lexie was fascinated by the motion simulator ride. Unfortunately, they require that riders be at least four years old. She freaked when she couldn’t ride it. So, I know what we’ll be doing this December. After the show, we went to the café and ate lunch. Lexie has decided that she no long likes pizza, reason unknown. So she nibbled on cheese, muffin, and chocolate milk. Then we went on the tour of the submarine the USS Blueback. That was pretty neat. She looked out the periscope, sat in the navigators chair, played with huge gold locks on torpedo lockers, and spun some dial/wheel that claimed to be responsible for some equipment, but obviously not since it produced no effect. She spun it around the whole time the tour guide talked about the particular area we were in, all the while chatting about how she was turning the corner. At one point, we had to wait in the crews quarters while everyone caught up with the tour and she had a captive audience. She stood in the center of this barely lit area (red submarine lighting) and stomping her feet and asking how we got in here. At the beginning of the tour she scampered into the captains room, under the ‘do not enter’ sign. The look on her face when the sounded the ‘dive’ alarm was priceless. After the tour, we watched this three dimensional led ball, mechanical maze. She cried when we walked out the door, but cheered up as we walked through the parking lot. She took of her jacket, and because of the static winter air, her hair stood on end. I rubbed her head with her jacket to enhance the effect, and almost fell with laughter. She saw her shadow reflection and laughed too. Passers buy chuckled at her. It was about the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. She cried a little more about having to leave and part from Grammy and Grandpa, but was asleep in the car before we even hit the main road. She slept the whole way home, and then some. Daddy got her a beautiful apache tear necklace that she loved wearing. Grammy got her a stone decorated to look like a ladybug. – All in all, a terrific weekend. Lexie took at least another 30 pictures. She is now paying attention to the subject matter, seriously picking and choosing what she shoots, even trying again when she doesn’t like the result. I really need to get some CD’s to start storing these. Our computer is already pushing what I’d like it to store.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, water, energy, flowers, colors, happiness, and laughter.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight...
Thursday, February 16, 2006
It’s hard to stay focused today for some reason. Oh, I know, the moment I get caught up, my mind wanders. So, no real long blog for today. Not because I’m too busy, but because I’m not busy enough and I need work to do. – Thumper did the best ever at class last night. Now he knows ‘high-five’.
Word(s) of the day: PIXILATED
Lexie log: We’re putting ear drops in her ears twice a day. She produces an excessive amount of ear wax, a fact that Dr. Miller points out each time we visit. After the last visit, however, Lexie actually agreed to putting medicine in her ear without a fit. The first night, about a week ago, She rested with her head in my lap for several minutes while the medicine did it’s work in one ear. It was cute, I told her it would ‘tickle’ her ear, and she laughed. The next attempt, two hours later, at bed time to do the other ear was not a success. She decided she didn’t like the way it felt, and most definitely didn’t want her head on it’s side for that long. So, yesterday we tried the cotton trick and she’s handling it quite well.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, crockpot, stickers, stones, movies, and life.
It’s hard to stay focused today for some reason. Oh, I know, the moment I get caught up, my mind wanders. So, no real long blog for today. Not because I’m too busy, but because I’m not busy enough and I need work to do. – Thumper did the best ever at class last night. Now he knows ‘high-five’.
Word(s) of the day: PIXILATED
Lexie log: We’re putting ear drops in her ears twice a day. She produces an excessive amount of ear wax, a fact that Dr. Miller points out each time we visit. After the last visit, however, Lexie actually agreed to putting medicine in her ear without a fit. The first night, about a week ago, She rested with her head in my lap for several minutes while the medicine did it’s work in one ear. It was cute, I told her it would ‘tickle’ her ear, and she laughed. The next attempt, two hours later, at bed time to do the other ear was not a success. She decided she didn’t like the way it felt, and most definitely didn’t want her head on it’s side for that long. So, yesterday we tried the cotton trick and she’s handling it quite well.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, crockpot, stickers, stones, movies, and life.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Rock you like a hurricane...
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Brrrrr! It’s cold out there. The kiddy pool in the backyard is covered in ice. The weather report says that with the wind chill factor, that temperature will be in the single digits the rest of this week. – I’m getting quite caught up. It’s between Month End and I finally cleaned up the missing fee ticket report. I did a little organizing today, also helping Cherri post some payments (got to keep a hand in these things, I suppose), and just got a new project from the Admin.
Word(s) of the day: ALASKA
Lexie log: Another of Lexie’s latest fascinations are water towers. About three weeks ago, I was driving with her in the car, and she spotted the water tower about a half-mile from our house. She now points them out anywhere she spots them. Of course, when she pronounces it, most of the time it comes out ‘water power’. She is fixated on climbing to the top of one. So, today I looked them up, since Daddy and I are now curious exactly what they are for, and this is what I found: Water tower I love stuff like that. I hope these links don’t expire too soon.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, protein, Mom and Dad, the Internet, water, coupons, slippers, weekends, and happiness.
Brrrrr! It’s cold out there. The kiddy pool in the backyard is covered in ice. The weather report says that with the wind chill factor, that temperature will be in the single digits the rest of this week. – I’m getting quite caught up. It’s between Month End and I finally cleaned up the missing fee ticket report. I did a little organizing today, also helping Cherri post some payments (got to keep a hand in these things, I suppose), and just got a new project from the Admin.
Word(s) of the day: ALASKA
Lexie log: Another of Lexie’s latest fascinations are water towers. About three weeks ago, I was driving with her in the car, and she spotted the water tower about a half-mile from our house. She now points them out anywhere she spots them. Of course, when she pronounces it, most of the time it comes out ‘water power’. She is fixated on climbing to the top of one. So, today I looked them up, since Daddy and I are now curious exactly what they are for, and this is what I found: Water tower I love stuff like that. I hope these links don’t expire too soon.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, protein, Mom and Dad, the Internet, water, coupons, slippers, weekends, and happiness.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
I play the piano no more running honey, This time to the sky I'll sing if clouds don't hear me...
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Happy Valentines Day! EPIC Imaging had a coffee cart here at the office this morning to promote their new cardiology services. They brought bunches of Valentine heart balloons. The kind Lexie has been begging for at the grocery stores for the past week. After the coffee piece was over, a bunch of us went in and got balloons, so I get to bring one home to Frank and Lexie. This just thrills me. And I got a Snicker flavored coffee at the recommendation of the EPIC rep. On top of my regular coffee I had already made, I am really caffeinated at this moment.
Interesting news of the day; Gas prices fall, American’s have four golds and two silvers so far in the Olympics, Michelle Kwan retires from the Olympics after four years and no gold.
Word(s) of the day: MYLAR
Lexie log: I got the sweetest message from Lexie (with a little help from Daddy) on my phone this morning. It was before 8:30am, so my phone wasn’t turned on yet when they called. The message is her sweet little voice wishing me a Happy Valentine’s Day, saying ‘hi’ and telling me in a whisper that she loves me. It was so sweet it gave me butterflies in my tummy. I made Carrie, Linda, and Cherri listen to it. I have about 8-10 other messages from her and Daddy stored on my voicemail, pretty soon it may get full. I wish there was an easy, inexpensive way to save them for all time. – Lexie’s latest fixations are with Bob the Builder, and Sandy the Squirrel. She has a little plastic Sandy figurine that she carries around.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, our cats, our dog, shelter, food, water, and happiness.
Happy Valentines Day! EPIC Imaging had a coffee cart here at the office this morning to promote their new cardiology services. They brought bunches of Valentine heart balloons. The kind Lexie has been begging for at the grocery stores for the past week. After the coffee piece was over, a bunch of us went in and got balloons, so I get to bring one home to Frank and Lexie. This just thrills me. And I got a Snicker flavored coffee at the recommendation of the EPIC rep. On top of my regular coffee I had already made, I am really caffeinated at this moment.
Interesting news of the day; Gas prices fall, American’s have four golds and two silvers so far in the Olympics, Michelle Kwan retires from the Olympics after four years and no gold.
Word(s) of the day: MYLAR
Lexie log: I got the sweetest message from Lexie (with a little help from Daddy) on my phone this morning. It was before 8:30am, so my phone wasn’t turned on yet when they called. The message is her sweet little voice wishing me a Happy Valentine’s Day, saying ‘hi’ and telling me in a whisper that she loves me. It was so sweet it gave me butterflies in my tummy. I made Carrie, Linda, and Cherri listen to it. I have about 8-10 other messages from her and Daddy stored on my voicemail, pretty soon it may get full. I wish there was an easy, inexpensive way to save them for all time. – Lexie’s latest fixations are with Bob the Builder, and Sandy the Squirrel. She has a little plastic Sandy figurine that she carries around.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, our cats, our dog, shelter, food, water, and happiness.
Monday, February 13, 2006
See the sun come up on Sunday morning...
Monday, February 13, 2006
What a glorious weekend! And, I’m getting quite caught up and up to speed on the workload here. The weather yesterday was beautiful, especially for February. Yesterday, Frank and I got a little done out in back. I swept off the deck, mostly, and he did the bird feeders and Thumper poop patrol. I wish it were easier to persuade him not to debark every branch on the carpeted deck. It’s just too time consuming to sweep that outdoor carpet.
Interesting news to note: Vice President Dick Cheney shot a fellow hunter in the face while quail hunting Saturday. New York is buried under two feet of snow after the worst snow storm in it’s recorded history.
Word(s) of the day: OFFICE USE ONLY
Lexie log: Saturday we took Thumper to Dittler’s. He ran up and down the beach chasing the waves. He did chase one stick into the water and did a full on swim, but it was a bit cold and he thought better of going in that far again. Our thoughts have been confirmed however, he will very likely be a water dog. It was very windy, but we were dressed warm, and it air dried Thumper nicely. We watched people kite surfing on the river and on the sand. Then we went to Gramma Betty’s for a while. Patty Ann brought over Gavin and Marissa, so Lexie got to play with them for a while. – Yesterday at swim it was the halfway mark where the teachers evaluate and make initial recommendations for next session. Teacher AJ came right out and told us that he has her penciled in for water safety one. He doesn’t want her in basic water safety, as he says that is for children with a fear of the water, and she obviously doesn’t have that. The thing is that she didn’t listen very well in class yesterday, and he said unless she improves her listening and following instructions, she will be put back in transitional. He knows she can do everything required, but she many times does not wait for, “Ready! Go!”, and yesterday, she was obstinate and wouldn’t pull herself out of the water. Daddy and I know that this is 90% nap related. The more rested she is for class, the better she listens and follows along. But…we haven’t figured a way to force sleep on her. Maybe if we leave a half hour early and drive around? I don’t know. Either way, the bottom line is she loves swim class, and she will learn to swim safely in her own time. – Hopefully next Sunday, we will go with Grammy and Grandpa to the IMAX short animation at OMSI. This weekend Grandpa was getting over his cold and to exhausted to go.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, humor, coffee, swimming, walking, warmer weather, and life.
What a glorious weekend! And, I’m getting quite caught up and up to speed on the workload here. The weather yesterday was beautiful, especially for February. Yesterday, Frank and I got a little done out in back. I swept off the deck, mostly, and he did the bird feeders and Thumper poop patrol. I wish it were easier to persuade him not to debark every branch on the carpeted deck. It’s just too time consuming to sweep that outdoor carpet.
Interesting news to note: Vice President Dick Cheney shot a fellow hunter in the face while quail hunting Saturday. New York is buried under two feet of snow after the worst snow storm in it’s recorded history.
Word(s) of the day: OFFICE USE ONLY
Lexie log: Saturday we took Thumper to Dittler’s. He ran up and down the beach chasing the waves. He did chase one stick into the water and did a full on swim, but it was a bit cold and he thought better of going in that far again. Our thoughts have been confirmed however, he will very likely be a water dog. It was very windy, but we were dressed warm, and it air dried Thumper nicely. We watched people kite surfing on the river and on the sand. Then we went to Gramma Betty’s for a while. Patty Ann brought over Gavin and Marissa, so Lexie got to play with them for a while. – Yesterday at swim it was the halfway mark where the teachers evaluate and make initial recommendations for next session. Teacher AJ came right out and told us that he has her penciled in for water safety one. He doesn’t want her in basic water safety, as he says that is for children with a fear of the water, and she obviously doesn’t have that. The thing is that she didn’t listen very well in class yesterday, and he said unless she improves her listening and following instructions, she will be put back in transitional. He knows she can do everything required, but she many times does not wait for, “Ready! Go!”, and yesterday, she was obstinate and wouldn’t pull herself out of the water. Daddy and I know that this is 90% nap related. The more rested she is for class, the better she listens and follows along. But…we haven’t figured a way to force sleep on her. Maybe if we leave a half hour early and drive around? I don’t know. Either way, the bottom line is she loves swim class, and she will learn to swim safely in her own time. – Hopefully next Sunday, we will go with Grammy and Grandpa to the IMAX short animation at OMSI. This weekend Grandpa was getting over his cold and to exhausted to go.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, humor, coffee, swimming, walking, warmer weather, and life.
Friday, February 10, 2006
I get a little bit closer, to feelin' fine...
Friday, February 10, 2006
This has indeed been an interesting morning (and week). When I came in this morning, the scheduled long database backup had failed, and it must be complete before month end can run. I had to quickly run it before too many people started coming in. Then the print spooler on the Windows server failed. Restart. Now, I’m on the phone with Cerner. All PRISM sessions are hanging and we can’t even get the root login at the console to come to life. Luckily it looks like the month end is still going unaffected. – 40 minutes later, I’m still here on the phone. The problem has been solved, but not diagnosed, so here I am on the phone with Mr. Sherman while he looks at user logs and tries to figure out what could have caused this. In the mean time, my break has come and gone and I haven’t been able to call Frank and Lexie. So, here I am putting him on hold and going to another line to call and say hi and let them know I would call them later. – The wind here has been amazing the last 24 hours. – I was pretty impressed with Thumper last night. He has a daily treat of getting to lick the kitty bowls clean when they are done, he is always very enthusiastic and excited about this. I had a bowl in my hand, and I told him to sit, then stay. I walked away and went to put the bowl down and he started coming over. I kept trying this until I was able to get him to sit and stay the whole while I walked away put the bowl down, made him wait to the count of ten, came back over to him, gave him lots of praise and affection, and released him, “all done!” so he could go lick the bowl. – Wednesday morning, I left at 4:00 am to go to the gym, and the windshield was iced over. I sat in the car, blasted on the defroster, and watched the fractals turn into droplets. I just thought is was so interesting and almost poetic. I almost wanted to write some haiku for it. It definitely stuck out in my mind. But…I haven’t blogged in a couple days, so I thought I’d mention it.
Word(s) of the day: FICUS
Lexie log: We were in the car yesterday and she spotted a distant airplane contrail, and exclaimed that she saw an airplane. Daddy and I looked all around and couldn’t see it, then she points up past the passenger seat and says, ‘To the right.” It stunned both of us, and she was correct where she was pointing. – I took the day off from work Wednesday to deal with family stuff. We went over to Gramma Betty’s for a while which was nice since Lexie missed seeing her the last couple weekends. Then we went to Daddy’s dr appointment and Lexie and I took Thumper for a walk around Beaverton while we waited. Daddy had taken them on a walk earlier that day also, we are so grateful for sunny skies. – Then Grammy came over and baby-sat Lexie while Daddy and I took Thumper to his Wednesday night class. He is backsliding on his obedience, and the trainer, Quinn, thinks it is due to adolescence. – Lexie watched Daddy ‘fly from the air’ yesterday. While I was at work, Daddy was putting his birthday present from Aunt Chris, an awesome birdhouse, up on the shed. He was using the ‘funny’ ladder, and it gave out on him and he came crashing to the ground with the birdhouse in one hand, the drill in the other. He’s got a sore shin and ankle, but seems to be ok. Lexie was concerned for him and took his hands and checked him out and said his hands were hot. I didn’t witness it first hand, but the way Daddy describes it, it must have been so sweet.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Gramma Betty, wind, no rain for two days, weekends, and life.
This has indeed been an interesting morning (and week). When I came in this morning, the scheduled long database backup had failed, and it must be complete before month end can run. I had to quickly run it before too many people started coming in. Then the print spooler on the Windows server failed. Restart. Now, I’m on the phone with Cerner. All PRISM sessions are hanging and we can’t even get the root login at the console to come to life. Luckily it looks like the month end is still going unaffected. – 40 minutes later, I’m still here on the phone. The problem has been solved, but not diagnosed, so here I am on the phone with Mr. Sherman while he looks at user logs and tries to figure out what could have caused this. In the mean time, my break has come and gone and I haven’t been able to call Frank and Lexie. So, here I am putting him on hold and going to another line to call and say hi and let them know I would call them later. – The wind here has been amazing the last 24 hours. – I was pretty impressed with Thumper last night. He has a daily treat of getting to lick the kitty bowls clean when they are done, he is always very enthusiastic and excited about this. I had a bowl in my hand, and I told him to sit, then stay. I walked away and went to put the bowl down and he started coming over. I kept trying this until I was able to get him to sit and stay the whole while I walked away put the bowl down, made him wait to the count of ten, came back over to him, gave him lots of praise and affection, and released him, “all done!” so he could go lick the bowl. – Wednesday morning, I left at 4:00 am to go to the gym, and the windshield was iced over. I sat in the car, blasted on the defroster, and watched the fractals turn into droplets. I just thought is was so interesting and almost poetic. I almost wanted to write some haiku for it. It definitely stuck out in my mind. But…I haven’t blogged in a couple days, so I thought I’d mention it.
Word(s) of the day: FICUS
Lexie log: We were in the car yesterday and she spotted a distant airplane contrail, and exclaimed that she saw an airplane. Daddy and I looked all around and couldn’t see it, then she points up past the passenger seat and says, ‘To the right.” It stunned both of us, and she was correct where she was pointing. – I took the day off from work Wednesday to deal with family stuff. We went over to Gramma Betty’s for a while which was nice since Lexie missed seeing her the last couple weekends. Then we went to Daddy’s dr appointment and Lexie and I took Thumper for a walk around Beaverton while we waited. Daddy had taken them on a walk earlier that day also, we are so grateful for sunny skies. – Then Grammy came over and baby-sat Lexie while Daddy and I took Thumper to his Wednesday night class. He is backsliding on his obedience, and the trainer, Quinn, thinks it is due to adolescence. – Lexie watched Daddy ‘fly from the air’ yesterday. While I was at work, Daddy was putting his birthday present from Aunt Chris, an awesome birdhouse, up on the shed. He was using the ‘funny’ ladder, and it gave out on him and he came crashing to the ground with the birdhouse in one hand, the drill in the other. He’s got a sore shin and ankle, but seems to be ok. Lexie was concerned for him and took his hands and checked him out and said his hands were hot. I didn’t witness it first hand, but the way Daddy describes it, it must have been so sweet.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Gramma Betty, wind, no rain for two days, weekends, and life.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Monday, February 06, 2006
I'm alright, nobody worry 'bout me, Why you got to gimme a fight? Can't you just let it be?
Monday, February 06, 2006
Work is work is work is work. I’m in a funk today. Seems that I’m having problems effectively communicating outside of work, and it’s got me blue today. I’m taking myself out of the drivers seat, as I am not going to drive this bus. Looking for my trolley strap handle. Lot’s of metaphors involving transportation. Interesting. So now this has become stream of consciousness. I really want an iPod. I want to listen to Wayne Dryer in the morning when I do treadmill. I’m really looking forward to getting one. I’ll call it my mental vacation player.
Word(s) of the day: DOABLE BASTION
Lexie log: She has the most amazing memory. Late last Summer Lexie and I walked up to a tiny little park about a mile from our house. It was basically just a plot between two houses with bark dust, two swings, a tire swing, a double platform bastion, and two metal climbing jungle gym apparatus. The place was super run down/falling apart. The bolt mechanism that was holding the tire swing on was falling apart and the whole thing looked like a hazard. Lexie loved it anyway. So, today, Grammy, Lexie, Daddy and Thumper walked over to the park, and it was gone! Grammy told me that Lexie remembered the park and the swings. What a sharp mind. – Routine: every time we come in the front door, the first thing Lexie does is take off her shoes and socks. She likes to be barefoot. Even if we tell her we’re turning right around and leaving again, she still walks in the house, sits down in the entry hallway area, takes off her shoes and socks, puts her socks in her shoes, then carries them to her room to put them down. She’s so cute. – She swam so well Saturday night and we had such a blast together. I don’t know what I’d do without our Saturday swims. Sunday she swam really well, but she was having a problem listening an following instructions. The gal, Lilya, who has been working the front desk every class and every Saturday night, who knows us by name, is training with Teacher AJ to be an instructor. I’m glad. I think she’ll be a great instructor.
Today I’m grateful for Lexie, Mom and Dad, Frank, future iPod, coffee, swim with Lexie, laughter, hope, and positive energy.
Work is work is work is work. I’m in a funk today. Seems that I’m having problems effectively communicating outside of work, and it’s got me blue today. I’m taking myself out of the drivers seat, as I am not going to drive this bus. Looking for my trolley strap handle. Lot’s of metaphors involving transportation. Interesting. So now this has become stream of consciousness. I really want an iPod. I want to listen to Wayne Dryer in the morning when I do treadmill. I’m really looking forward to getting one. I’ll call it my mental vacation player.
Word(s) of the day: DOABLE BASTION
Lexie log: She has the most amazing memory. Late last Summer Lexie and I walked up to a tiny little park about a mile from our house. It was basically just a plot between two houses with bark dust, two swings, a tire swing, a double platform bastion, and two metal climbing jungle gym apparatus. The place was super run down/falling apart. The bolt mechanism that was holding the tire swing on was falling apart and the whole thing looked like a hazard. Lexie loved it anyway. So, today, Grammy, Lexie, Daddy and Thumper walked over to the park, and it was gone! Grammy told me that Lexie remembered the park and the swings. What a sharp mind. – Routine: every time we come in the front door, the first thing Lexie does is take off her shoes and socks. She likes to be barefoot. Even if we tell her we’re turning right around and leaving again, she still walks in the house, sits down in the entry hallway area, takes off her shoes and socks, puts her socks in her shoes, then carries them to her room to put them down. She’s so cute. – She swam so well Saturday night and we had such a blast together. I don’t know what I’d do without our Saturday swims. Sunday she swam really well, but she was having a problem listening an following instructions. The gal, Lilya, who has been working the front desk every class and every Saturday night, who knows us by name, is training with Teacher AJ to be an instructor. I’m glad. I think she’ll be a great instructor.
Today I’m grateful for Lexie, Mom and Dad, Frank, future iPod, coffee, swim with Lexie, laughter, hope, and positive energy.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Get on your feet, Get up and make it happen...
Friday, February 03, 2006
Here is an excerpt of daily reading:
“This is a punch biopsy of an inflammatory process. Part of the epidermis has been sheered during processing but there are spongiotic vesicles within a very thin epidermis. There is a superficial perivascular and interstitial inflammatory infiltrate composed of lymphocytes, histiocytes, and numerous eosinophils.”
From a dermatologist’s pathology chart note.
Interesting link on a unique Scotland Lock
Today has been focused on updating the data warehouse schema from version 2.001 to 2.004 (Something’s been missing for a over a year and this has been left out), and then reloading all the tables. Meetings and stuff.
Word(s) of the day: ESTRELLA POCO
Lexie log: Ohhh, my little star. She’s such a sweetie. I just got off the phone with her and Daddy. Right after Daddy answered the phone, she busted in and said she wanted to say, “hi”. She said hi to me, and explained that she has hearts and moons on her slippers and sheep on her shirt, and that she put her shirt on backwards. She has come to a cute roadblock with her pronunciation of anything plural. Everything gets an “es” at the end, even when it doesn’t end in s. So, naturally, horses sounds just fine, but sheep comes out as ‘sheepses’. Stars are ‘starses’, hearts are ‘heartses’… you get the picture. It’s cute.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, folders, staples, socks, space, water, air, and life.
Here is an excerpt of daily reading:
“This is a punch biopsy of an inflammatory process. Part of the epidermis has been sheered during processing but there are spongiotic vesicles within a very thin epidermis. There is a superficial perivascular and interstitial inflammatory infiltrate composed of lymphocytes, histiocytes, and numerous eosinophils.”
From a dermatologist’s pathology chart note.
Interesting link on a unique Scotland Lock
Today has been focused on updating the data warehouse schema from version 2.001 to 2.004 (Something’s been missing for a over a year and this has been left out), and then reloading all the tables. Meetings and stuff.
Word(s) of the day: ESTRELLA POCO
Lexie log: Ohhh, my little star. She’s such a sweetie. I just got off the phone with her and Daddy. Right after Daddy answered the phone, she busted in and said she wanted to say, “hi”. She said hi to me, and explained that she has hearts and moons on her slippers and sheep on her shirt, and that she put her shirt on backwards. She has come to a cute roadblock with her pronunciation of anything plural. Everything gets an “es” at the end, even when it doesn’t end in s. So, naturally, horses sounds just fine, but sheep comes out as ‘sheepses’. Stars are ‘starses’, hearts are ‘heartses’… you get the picture. It’s cute.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, folders, staples, socks, space, water, air, and life.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Ah, push it -- push it real good.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Whoa, what a morning. Let’s see…First I get a call from a specialist office looking for additional phone numbers for a patient of Dr. Whoshallremainnamless, because results showed that she needed to be admitted immediately to the hospital. After I verified security info, I gave her the only phone number that she hadn’t read to me. The caller said that if that phone number did not get the patient, that she would call the police to go to her residence. This partially alarmed me, so after I noted the account, I went to find the dr’s nurse for an FYI. Unfortunately, she didn’t come in for another ten minutes and the nurse manager asked if she could help. I explained the situation, she told me that the dr was in his office and she would run it by him. He happened to walk by and she stopped him and looked at me to explain. I re-told, and all I got was a very rude, impatient response that was utterly offensive. It really set me back. I discussed the situation with a few co-workers and my super ear, HR and she confirmed that this attitude is not uncommon with this doctor, a personality trait (flaw…) perhaps. It didn’t curb my desire to keep a line of communication open with the clinical staff to help ensure total patient care, but it did strengthen my resolve to deal only with the nurses (except for a few docs I know are humanitarian. Next, I got a call from a very unhappy patient for being charged for well care visit when her husband was billed differently. This conversation (not a particularly rare one in this field) was lengthy and unpleasant and ended up with follow up research. When all was said and done and I got back a hold of her, she agreed to pay the bill under protest and began a complaint about the unpleasantness of a particular exam. (Insert break until lunch, will type more) – Thumper was so much improved in last night’s class. He is doing very well with sit, lay down, and improving with loose leash walking. He did well with ‘leave it’ and ‘come here’. Basically, this class was one of the first that was pleasant and insightful. Unfortunately it also showed that Lexie’s level of tiredness and hyperactivity obviously does affect the enjoyment and benefit of the class. Now I wish we could retain Mom as her babysitter for each class. – Question? Should a person with known allergies to molds, and who went via ambulance to the ER in anaphylactic shock over penicillin eat Roquefort cheese?
Word(s) of the day: VENIPUNCTURE
Lexie log: Poor angel has another cold. She’s had a mild fever the last two nights that finally elevated sometime in the middle of the night. I got the Children’s Liquid Advil out of the cupboard on my way to work, and Daddy gave her some first thing when she woke up. She sounded nasally to me over the phone and told me that she had medicine to make her better. Now I want to go home and cuddle her. – Lexie and Grammy spent a good hour and a half getting to know every inch of PetSmart last night. Kudos to Grammy, Lexie was going on 10 hours with only a ten-minute nap. – I just got off the phone with her for my lunchtime call. She was crying a little and upset. I knew why, because Daddy had already told me, but I got on the phone with her and here is the dialogue:
Mommy: Hi Lexie, what are you guys up to?
Lexie: I’m just crying like that.
Mommy: Why are you crying?
Lexie: Thumper took my cheese.
Mommy: Well, you don’t have to cry, Lex. You could just ask Daddy for another piece.
Lexie: OK.
Then back to Daddy.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, dog training classes, Tupperware, microwaves, weekends, and cuddling.
Whoa, what a morning. Let’s see…First I get a call from a specialist office looking for additional phone numbers for a patient of Dr. Whoshallremainnamless, because results showed that she needed to be admitted immediately to the hospital. After I verified security info, I gave her the only phone number that she hadn’t read to me. The caller said that if that phone number did not get the patient, that she would call the police to go to her residence. This partially alarmed me, so after I noted the account, I went to find the dr’s nurse for an FYI. Unfortunately, she didn’t come in for another ten minutes and the nurse manager asked if she could help. I explained the situation, she told me that the dr was in his office and she would run it by him. He happened to walk by and she stopped him and looked at me to explain. I re-told, and all I got was a very rude, impatient response that was utterly offensive. It really set me back. I discussed the situation with a few co-workers and my super ear, HR and she confirmed that this attitude is not uncommon with this doctor, a personality trait (flaw…) perhaps. It didn’t curb my desire to keep a line of communication open with the clinical staff to help ensure total patient care, but it did strengthen my resolve to deal only with the nurses (except for a few docs I know are humanitarian. Next, I got a call from a very unhappy patient for being charged for well care visit when her husband was billed differently. This conversation (not a particularly rare one in this field) was lengthy and unpleasant and ended up with follow up research. When all was said and done and I got back a hold of her, she agreed to pay the bill under protest and began a complaint about the unpleasantness of a particular exam. (Insert break until lunch, will type more) – Thumper was so much improved in last night’s class. He is doing very well with sit, lay down, and improving with loose leash walking. He did well with ‘leave it’ and ‘come here’. Basically, this class was one of the first that was pleasant and insightful. Unfortunately it also showed that Lexie’s level of tiredness and hyperactivity obviously does affect the enjoyment and benefit of the class. Now I wish we could retain Mom as her babysitter for each class. – Question? Should a person with known allergies to molds, and who went via ambulance to the ER in anaphylactic shock over penicillin eat Roquefort cheese?
Word(s) of the day: VENIPUNCTURE
Lexie log: Poor angel has another cold. She’s had a mild fever the last two nights that finally elevated sometime in the middle of the night. I got the Children’s Liquid Advil out of the cupboard on my way to work, and Daddy gave her some first thing when she woke up. She sounded nasally to me over the phone and told me that she had medicine to make her better. Now I want to go home and cuddle her. – Lexie and Grammy spent a good hour and a half getting to know every inch of PetSmart last night. Kudos to Grammy, Lexie was going on 10 hours with only a ten-minute nap. – I just got off the phone with her for my lunchtime call. She was crying a little and upset. I knew why, because Daddy had already told me, but I got on the phone with her and here is the dialogue:
Mommy: Hi Lexie, what are you guys up to?
Lexie: I’m just crying like that.
Mommy: Why are you crying?
Lexie: Thumper took my cheese.
Mommy: Well, you don’t have to cry, Lex. You could just ask Daddy for another piece.
Lexie: OK.
Then back to Daddy.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, dog training classes, Tupperware, microwaves, weekends, and cuddling.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Waterloo, jag ar besegrad, nu ger jeg mej, Waterloo, lova mej nojet att, alska dej
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Lunch blog today. It has been a busy morning, but unlike yesterday, a productively busy morning that comes with a sense of accomplishment. I’ve gotten a lot of issues resolved. Software downloaded, projects organized, etc. In fact, I even went and had an air clearing with the RN you jumped my schnitzel yesterday in her frustration over mandatory data fields. One less resentment to carry around. She was apologetic and friendly and everything is fine. I’m very glad because I really am fond or our pediatric nursing staff. They are some of the best people I’ve met. I’m truly lucky to have such great co-workers. I’m also glad I work closer to the peds department then IM. I enjoy the exposure to childhood. – Thumper has been a bit of a turd dog last couple days. Frank and I don’t think he’s getting enough playtime and activity with the weather situation. I’m going to make a resolution to try and take him on a daily walk after work. He gets a lot of racing around in the yard, but not so much now that it’s a swamp, and I know from experience the difficulty in walking in horizontal rain with a five month old puppy and a three year old daughter, so Frank won’t be doing that unassisted. – Thanks, Carrie, for lunch. – Why do dogs prefer the kibbles that don’t make it to the bowel, rather than the ones in them?
Here’s a cool link.
Word(s) of the day: MEALY MOUTH
Lexie log: Her three-year exam went well. She first had a fourth year med student named Stacey. She asked a lot of questions, of us, and gave Lexie the routine exam. Then Dr. Miller came in and we re-discussed some questions like helping with sleep issues and when to start teaching stranger etiquette. At first Stacey gave us the impression that we should be teaching Lexie ‘stranger danger’ already, and that concerned me since she is such a kind and outgoing child who loves to make eye contact and communicate. She is a breath of fresh air in a world wear people walk past each other on the street without so much as making eye contact let alone a smile or kind word. (This is something I’m doing my best to change on my part. I try very hard every day when I walk to the car from work, or am at the store, to look strangers in the eye, smile and give a kind hello.) I was very relieved when Dr. Miller came in and said that she is fine for now, and that we shouldn’t even worry until she is able conceptualize the topic better and has a stronger vocabulary. For now, we just keep an eye on her in public. – Grammy is coming over tonight, and she is going with us to Thumper’s class.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Carrie’s kindness, weekends, swimming, colors, taste, smell, senses, water, lyrics websites, biography websites, imdb.com, and life.
Lunch blog today. It has been a busy morning, but unlike yesterday, a productively busy morning that comes with a sense of accomplishment. I’ve gotten a lot of issues resolved. Software downloaded, projects organized, etc. In fact, I even went and had an air clearing with the RN you jumped my schnitzel yesterday in her frustration over mandatory data fields. One less resentment to carry around. She was apologetic and friendly and everything is fine. I’m very glad because I really am fond or our pediatric nursing staff. They are some of the best people I’ve met. I’m truly lucky to have such great co-workers. I’m also glad I work closer to the peds department then IM. I enjoy the exposure to childhood. – Thumper has been a bit of a turd dog last couple days. Frank and I don’t think he’s getting enough playtime and activity with the weather situation. I’m going to make a resolution to try and take him on a daily walk after work. He gets a lot of racing around in the yard, but not so much now that it’s a swamp, and I know from experience the difficulty in walking in horizontal rain with a five month old puppy and a three year old daughter, so Frank won’t be doing that unassisted. – Thanks, Carrie, for lunch. – Why do dogs prefer the kibbles that don’t make it to the bowel, rather than the ones in them?
Here’s a cool link.
Word(s) of the day: MEALY MOUTH
Lexie log: Her three-year exam went well. She first had a fourth year med student named Stacey. She asked a lot of questions, of us, and gave Lexie the routine exam. Then Dr. Miller came in and we re-discussed some questions like helping with sleep issues and when to start teaching stranger etiquette. At first Stacey gave us the impression that we should be teaching Lexie ‘stranger danger’ already, and that concerned me since she is such a kind and outgoing child who loves to make eye contact and communicate. She is a breath of fresh air in a world wear people walk past each other on the street without so much as making eye contact let alone a smile or kind word. (This is something I’m doing my best to change on my part. I try very hard every day when I walk to the car from work, or am at the store, to look strangers in the eye, smile and give a kind hello.) I was very relieved when Dr. Miller came in and said that she is fine for now, and that we shouldn’t even worry until she is able conceptualize the topic better and has a stronger vocabulary. For now, we just keep an eye on her in public. – Grammy is coming over tonight, and she is going with us to Thumper’s class.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Carrie’s kindness, weekends, swimming, colors, taste, smell, senses, water, lyrics websites, biography websites, imdb.com, and life.
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