Read the fine print

We got this syringe as a gift from the hospital when Haddie was born. This is what the fine print reads...
"Sterile in unopened, undamaged package. Do not resterilize. Single patient use. Warning: this product has been sterilized using Ethylene Oxide, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm as well as cancer. Warning: This product contains DEHP, a chemical plasticizer that may cause adverse health effects and is known to the State of California to cause cancer. Store at room temperature."

FYI

Did you know that you can access our online photo album by double clicking on any picture on this page (even the "pucker up and kiss me" photo of Haddie in the upper left hand corner)? Once you get to the photo album you can look at even more pictures by double clicking on any of the pictures you see on that page. You will think that we have gone bonkers over our new little girl because those are the only pictures you will find there.... Truth be told, we would post more family pictures or other things we have done or places we have gone but we don't have any. That's because most days Mom is still in her pajamas (still not fitting to either her maternity clothes nor pre-pregnancy clothes yet), and napping when Haddie naps . And as for outings and other social events... we don't go. Our new bed time is around 8pm. Living a half hour from town and having to breastfeed every two hours really complicates our social schedule as well. Having said all that.... this has been the happiest time of our life! I used to complain about being over committed and too busy to stay at home and now I can be a home body and not have to make any excuses! I love it!

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Please take notice that we added a link to our Picasa Web Albums on the left. We probably won't always be adding a post every time we update our pictures, so feel free to check there often! :)

You know how it goes.....

You know how it goes.....

Right when you start putting money away in savings, things happen. Last friday I took my car in to get the transmission looked at, with much trepidation I might add. And yeah, it was going to be $2800!!! Can you believe that? So, I thought, bite the BIG OL' stinkin' bullet, and get it fixed. My car has at least 100K left in it. So I signed the thing so that they could order the rebuilt transmission.

But over the weekend I talked to my father-in-law, and he suggested I get another quote, that this sounded really expensive. I agreed, and went to aamco this morning. $40 to get a diagnostic ran on my tranny. So I did it. 2 hours later and $40 poorer, I found out what I already knew... that it's on its way out.

Aamco's quote was $1675 for labor and a new torque converter $325 for "Soft parts" and $250 to $800 for "Hard parts". ("Soft" parts being for gaskets and the like, and "Hard" parts being actual gears and such.) And not only that, but I called the first place to see if I could get out of that one, and they said only if I pay to ship the tranny and restock it (that being whatever shipping would cost, plus a "restocking" fee of 10% a total of about $300). So,... rather than paying the $300 shipping-restocking fee, plus whatever aamco would charge, which would end up being at least as expensive as the first place I went to, I casually went back into the aamco office, paid for the diagnostic, told them "No, thank you." and left.

So, now I'm going to go to the original place since I got them to take $100 dollars off the amount... Man have I never felt as stressed as now...

Frank

today is voting day, and im wearing my sticker proudly. its only 9:44 and i think i will be planted in front the computer screen all day long... i dread the thought. i should have waited to vote, just so i'd have a reason to get out of the house. i have a stack of 20+ books to go through and start my literature review for my prospectus.... not even the thesis yet.... just the paper to persuade the committee to allow me to write my thesis on this subject -- a beginners guide to permaculture; gardening for holisitic living. thats the working title anyway. Here's my newest read..... Last Child In The Woods, Saving our children from nature deficit disorder. It's a must read for parents and teachers. I have highlights on every other page!

so... here we are.

but where are we going?

This will be an interesting experiment; frank and i sharing a blog site (if thats even what it is called). frank the logistical, precise, computer genius and me, the creative, unaware and reckless writer. it may just be that the battles of formatting and postings will be just that... a battle of time (which i have) and smarts (which frank has).

let the games begin... :)