Merry Christmas!

Yesterday, Katie-of-a-thousand-questions asked us this one: “Why do we give each other presents on Christmas?”
Not having a good answer to hand, I employed the standard parenting stall tactic of answering a question with a question: “What do you think?”
She pondered for a moment, her brows knit together as she thought. Finally, she [...]

Waaah!

Frustration is receiving an invitation to play in the World of Warcraft Burning Crusade closed beta and not being able to get in due to technical complications.

*Katrina covers her face and weeps softly into her hands*

I’ll ask Paul to work on it tonight, but by that time, the emotional scarring may [...]

Bits and Pieces

Thank you for your words of encouragement and concern for our little upchucker. I especially loved Karyn’s containment idea involving a plastic shower curtain and a large dishpan; I’m filing that one away for next time. Meanwhile, the shifting tectonic layers inside Caleb’s digestive system are starting to settle, and the eruptions have ceased. Well, [...]

Hazmat

*Warning: This post is disgusting.*—
Caleb spent all of last night and the wee hours of this morning doing an impression of Mount Vesuvius. Personally, I think I would rather have handled molten lava than some of the stuff that came out of that kid.
The first eruption happened right after dinner. Caleb, all [...]

Olive

It was the usual swish and rustle of best dresses and uncomfortable ties as the students of Katie’s elementary school prepared for their annual Christmas musical program. We delivered Katie at her classroom door, pressed and punctual, in time to take a class portrait with our digital camera before we hurried away to find seats [...]

Trained Monkey

Sometimes I hate computers. They are such a huge part of my life, from my blog to my email connections, from photo sharing with my family to storing my music. It seems that computers touch everything I do. I think I hate them more because I am so reliant upon them—and yet I lack the [...]

Glam Gadgets

Since you asked, here they are:
My iSkin evo3–my iPod would be naked without it:

And the cute little jacket I made for my Cricut* (I know; I’m sick.):

Next on my list, a macrame camera cozy for my Nikon CoolPix 5600…
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*update* Clickable link added for you non-scrapbookers who don’t know what a Cricut is. Technology meets [...]

Cathy and Post-Feminist Dogma

I resent the sexist implications of this cartoon. I buy cute little outfits for my own electronic gadgets! Not his…MINE!

Liquid Crystal Display

We’ve been talking for a while about buying a new TV. A widescreen, high-def, flat panel LCD, to be exact. The plan (and it was a good one) was to wait until February and the arrival of our tax return check to make all our home entertainment dreams come true, including surround sound speakers, a [...]