Indignant Nerdy Finicky Juvenile

They have been taking this test over here and here so I thought I’d give it a whirl. I’ve heard you can get different results on these things depending on the day (or time of month?) you take the quiz, but at least today I’m a fairly uncommon type:
“INFJ – “Author”. Strong drive [...]

I know it’s lurking somewhere there in my skull

My house is clean (kind of — as much as it ever is,) the dishes are done and counters wiped, my laundry is mostly done and folded and put away, my pantry is well-stocked, the kids are bathed and in bed (as of 10:00 PM — the best I could pull off tonight.) I [...]

Silver lining

Although I hate to even think about how eventually I’m going to have to think about a whole, whole lot of stuff that hasn’t been getting done while I’ve been on Husband Care Duty, there is one good thing that came out of this past week: I played “Cash Cow 2″ on Webkinz.com enough [...]

Pshew

My brain’s sort of drifting in and out of clear thinking since I’m tired from taking the kids swimming for 2 hours this morning, but I just wanted to say that: Dean’s not hiccuping anymore (other than a random “hic” here or there,) and we both got a good night’s sleep last night. [...]

Ugh ugh ugh

When Dean’s hiccups had subsided a couple of hours ago, his pain medication had also started wearing off and his foot had started hurting. He took more medication, and about 15 minutes later the hiccups started back up with a vengeance. We do NOT know what he will do — he’s clearly in [...]

Ice packs; hiccups; distinctions

After trying a few different things — including the stretchy wrap used for packing — we’ve found that masking tape wrapped liberally works best for holding a bag of ice on a bulky, slippery cast.
After Dean came out of surgery yesterday I noticed he had hiccups that would come and go. Well, last night [...]

It’s over

The surgery was to take 1 to 1.5 hours — it took just over 2.5 hours.  The doctor said it was the worst he’s done in his 20 years of practice — from what he said, I think the thing that made it worst was that Dean’s soft tissues were so tough that the doctor [...]

Meanwhile in the all-too-real world

Dean is having foot surgery tomorrow to correct a bunion. Then he’ll be in a cast and not supposed to put weight on his foot for 6 weeks, then a “boot” for 2-4 more weeks. I have spent the last few days (ever since the consultation with the doctor on Friday, I guess) [...]

Rose as a paper doll

For a long time, my sister Mary’s been telling me I would enjoy owning a Xyron machine, and I finally got myself a 9″ wide one a couple of months ago — and I have been having great fun with it, using it to make stickers for the kids in church Nursery, laminated bookmarks for [...]

The evidence in the case

The mystery: Two of Dean’s socks were found in a puddle of water in our front-loading washer.
The facts:

Although I had recently dried a dark load and could have left a sock behind in the wash by mistake, it seemed unlikely that I’d have left two matched socks behind.
I had occasionally let Henry push the [...]