F*cking ANTS!!! The damn things come back every season! We usually get medium-sized carpenter ants at the beginning of the season in the dining room. Those started showing up a couple of months ago until I sprayed the dining room and hadn't seen one since... until today. Today is different though. They aren't in the …
Dead Washer No More
Well our new washing machine arrived today, bright and early at 7:30 AM. It probably took about 45 minutes for the delivery men to get our old machine out of the basement (barely) and get the new one set up. I had to displace about half of the Mac Museum so that they could get …
Time for a New Washing Machine
Well it's official, our washing machine is on its way out. We were about to pay $75 for a tech to come out and look at it (even though I was 90% sure it would be too expensive to fix) but he called me and diagnosed it over the phone for free. Long story short …
What a Weekend
Boy, did we have a busy weekend. There were ups and downs but overall it was pretty good. Saturday morning was pretty dreary so we decided to bring the boys to Twice the Fun to get their energies out. We left at around 10, thanks to the boys' early wakeup at 7 AM. After a …
The Great Gate Experiment
To prepare for the boy's Epic Birthday Weekend® last month we had to find a place to store all of the crap that usually litters our garage. Sacks of grass seed, tools, and other miscellaneous junk do little to evoke an elegant party atmosphere. Our solution was to drape tan sheets from the ceiling in …
What Have We Been Up To?
It's been a while again. Here's what we've been up to: Giving the boys epic weekend-long birthday parties - thanks for all of the gifts. It was a great time! We don't know how to choose a piñata. Being sick - We've passed the same cold around for two months. It's been miserable, requiring multiple nights …
My Biometric Results
Liberty Mutual is self-insured, which means that it pays not only a portion of the cost of each employee's health plan, but also pays the medical expenses related to each claim. Blue Cross Blue Shield is used as an administrator to handle the billing and coordination, but at the end of the day Liberty pays …
Taming Twins: Late March 2013
The boys are nearing their second birthday and they are doing all of those things that two year olds do. Zachary is starting to speak really well. He's saying multiple-word sentences and will repeat almost anything that you say, including his latest "Holy Mackerel" (thanks Mumma). Zach likes to say goodnight each evening to the …
DST
Yesterday was a great day. The weather was nice and the clocks had just flipped an hour ahead so that the evening was brighter than it was on the weekend. Sally and I rushed out of work (on time for once) to pick up the boys and get home so that we could spend some …
Mac Museum Additions – March 2013
During the holidays the Mac Museum took a big of a break; I was too busy for eBay and Craigslist and there wasn't much of interest out there. Now that the new year has begun people have once again started cleaning out their basements and the finds have been flowing once again. After these additions …
Relatively Ambitious 