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Evening Chaos slows

Returned home with the 7 yr old and unloaded the car. Began cooking pizzas for dinner and refueled the fire. Checked on the sick 10 yr old. Fever still high but feels cooler to me. Cooked 2 pizzas and fed the wife, the 7 yr old, the 13 yr old and myself. Cooked cup cakes for devouring tomorrow. Refueled fire.

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Sam Walton is evil

Whew! Shopping done. I can’t step foot in Walmart or Home Depot without dropping $100. Anyhow, minus the forgotten milk, we are set for the next couple of days.

Cooking home made pizzas tonight. Maybe some treats. Ran into the guy hired to be a meat cutter at Walmart. He was hired before they changed business models. Now ALL meat is shipped in prepackaged. He sounds bitter but exclaimed “at least I get paid meat cutter wages to be a stock boy.”

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Braggin on baby

My computer crashed yesterday when I was trying to brag on the 20 mth old. Yesterday as I was preparing breakfast, I pulled out our George Foreman Grill to fry up some sausage (btw, this is a great addition to the kitchen!) and the baby, unprompted, seeing me pull the grill out says “hot hot” and blows twice. It’s adorable and makes me feel better that she recognizes things, like the wood stove, as hot and dangerous.

I told her she was smart and she said “smart” while doing the Baby Sign for “smart.” My wife signs great and I do ok but we still went to http://www.babysigns.com and bought the whole system. It really works!

    

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Baby Feeds Dog; Dog Feeds Baby

For those pets lovers that have infants chowing on the dog food, put your mind at ease: Toddler dines on dog food


I asked a nutritionist …

…In fact, she said, from a strictly nutritional standpoint, most dog food is superior to the diets of many Americans, including American children (and socioeconomics, she added, has nothing to do with this).

I also checked with a pediatrician …

…he said he has yet to see a child who suffered ill effects from eating dog food, even though dog and child were also sharing bacteria.

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The Day Thus Far

Baby and I shared waffles. 13 yr old in great spirits and helping in kitchen. Brewed decaf tea, made coolaid, and brewed coffee. Refueled fire (still had coals!). Read the Sunday paper. Got phone calls from inlaws stating that the 7 yr old and 10 yr old are both sick. Should make for a fun week.

Attitude: Inspired to make sales

Add to want to do list: HomeDepot run to insulate this backdoor (although it’s going to be nearly 60 degrees at the end of the week. We should suffer through a few more days of cold and deal with it later).

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A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…

A New Day!

Let’s start the day off with a PayPal donation link:

This Morning

The wife let me sleep in! What a pleasure! I slept the deepest I’ve slept in a long time.

I am now torn between doing the things I want to do and the things I have to do.

Wants and have tos: programming for self (making blog nicer, developing my hobby sites), clean house (regular cleaning), chop wood (size it rather, time to rent a splitter), clean office bedroom and garage (major projects), study for HAM radio operator’s license, shop online, play with the kids, programming for client, marketing materials to get more clients, resume submissions

– Ugh! I just remembered I forgot to go by the mall last night. A final piece of the wife’s Valentine’s Day present was to be on sale and it was the last day for it.

I think I’ll set today’s goals as regular weekly cleaning, client programming, some progress on garage and/or office

Strange dream last night. I was responsible for a large party that gathered in the parking lot of a Kroger grocery, Kmart, and Walgreens. It was spurred by a larger event that my free spirited hippie friends didn’t want to participate in but wanted to do their own thing. So I found the parking lot venue the previous year. This year it had a much larger turnout and someone else took credit for it. I ended up getting a slot on the stage but I couldn’t remember how to play the guitar or any of the lyrics to the songs on my songlist. I offered to return with my juggling gear and put on a show.

Last Night

Watched much of Head with the wife. Too tired to watch all. I feel like my dad!