Monthly Archives: August 2007

Lee’s Razors Comes Through

About a year or so back I decided to give up on my old scraggly electric razor and go back to shaving the way grandpa did, with a big ol’ safety razor. I trolled around the web a bit looking for where to buy kit, and everyone said shop at Lee’s Safety Razors. I [...]

Isaac is Two Months Old

On Monday Isaac will be two months old. So that went by pretty quickly! He is certainly a growing boy. Isaac is over 10 pounds now, but still a squirmus. He’s very alert when he is awake, looking around at stuff and reaching out and grabbing things. He pulls his mama’s hair a lot, luckily [...]

Part of the Davies Clan Comes to Visit

Last week while I was out at a conference in Seattle, Blossom’s parents Jon and Sarah and her older sister Leah came out to stay with her. Leah came in on Saturday before I left (August 11), so we all got to spend a nice evening making dinner and playing with Isaac. Leah scooped him [...]

A Tomato Soup I Actually Enjoyed

My entire life I have hated tomato soup. Of course my experience was based on the Campbell’s version, which was like drinking a tomato milkshake. So when Blossom suggested that in preparation for the baby’s arrival we should make food in bulk and freeze it I jumped on the chance to find a good tomato [...]

Mimi Trish

A couple of weekends ago my mom came to visit (that would be the weekend of August 4, 2007). She has decided she would like to be called Mimi, which is apparently what all the cool grandmas are calling themselves these days. That’s just a starting point; once Isaac garbles that up we’ll go with [...]

Conferencing in the West

Ahoy! This week I am in the fine city of Seattle, learning all about Flex technology. I flew out on Sunday, experiencing the fine service offered by US Airways. My favorite part was when I lowered my tray table, to find an advertisement by Ford Motor Co. asking “Not enough leg room? Try a new [...]