I’ve been wanting a new camera for a LONG time.  It’s not that I didn’t love my Canon point and shoot, but I’d see pictures taken with a digital SLR, and kept wishing I had one.  I waited until the price came down to under $450 for the Nikon D40 and finally decided it was time to upgrade.  I haven’t had much time to play with it, but...

Jack is a boy.  This is obvious, but I really have to keep reminding myself of this fact.  When he’s throwing himself around the living room banging into everything, climbing all over me and Mark until we can’t stand it anymore, banging everything, yelling, dumping a whole bucket of sand over his head, etc. I just have to remember he is a boy.  I am...

FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need. BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn...

Since Jack has been so into Selah music lately, I ended up on their website and read about the death of the daughter of Todd Smith, one of the members of Selah. I clicked over to his wife Angie’s wonderfully written blog and spent at least an hour reading through their experience.  They found out at 20 weeks gestation that Audrey had physical problems that...

Jack has recently enjoyed watching YouTube videos. I put in a search for him like “Laurie Berkner”, his favorite singer, or Selah, who we listen to a lot in the car, and he can click on the related videos and surf around watching Sesame Street, Noggin, etc. videos to his heart’s content. I just discovered that as he was listening to his favorite...

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There is a park near our house that has some good ponds for fishing and a nice playground.  Mark likes to go over there and fish, and Jack stays interested in the fishing for about 5 minutes before he wants to go over to the playground.  David and I stay in the shade, where we can see Jack, but not get baked in the sun. Last evening the light was great for some...