Single Mom

Not really and I'm glad of it. joel is in lovely Napa valley this week living it up with the admin from Heights High. I heard from him this morning so I know he made it out safe despite having to set foot in Texas. I'm pretty sure after the airport insident of '01 they would shot him on sight and hang him from the gun rack with the 30/30 that brought him down. Just kidding... maybe

Adeline and I are hunkered down and expecting 5 inches of snow tonight and 5 more tomorrow. The weatherpeople around here are so melodramatic though, I'm pretty sure we'll only see 2 inches at the most.

She has been doing well but misses her daddy. She especially looks for him when it's time to get her giraffe and go to bed. She's growing up so fast. She now gets her teeth brushed every night which of course she doesn't understand but enjoys thanks to vast improvements in the taste of children's toothpaste.
We have a new list of favorite foods. Now on the menu we have:
of course chicken, bananas, carrots but also
waffles
cheese
edamame
alvocado (she really likes this)
tomatoes
cucumber
olives
pears
daddy's pasta
mac'n'cheese
chickpeas
snot

not on the menu:
mommy :-(

For all of those who haven't been to the Two Loons' Lodge for a while... Here's what we've been working on.

The new dining room color and sans aquarium


Sarah painted the back staircase and the plant room


A new dinette in the eating nook


and new appliances


Dela works daily on a gianormous mess of molded plastic and stuffed animals
Her project is moving along the fastest.

Random Rambles

OK so I've been a little negligent on the postings. I'm a busy guy. Especially when both my girls get afflicted with some kind of virus that makes them loose their lunch, or dinner, or snack, or whatever happens to be in them at the time. Now everyone is healthy again. Adeline is starting the transition to toddler. Yikes. Not only is she getting closer and closer to walking everyday (now she can stand briefly) but she also is developing the charming toddler trait of screaming when the slightest thing doesn't go her way. I guess that comes with the territory until she can communicate with words. She is starting to know what NO means. She is getting more picky when it comes to eating too. Before she was a gaping mouth that you could put anything in and it would happily go down. Now if she doesn't like it... of course a scream. Sarah and my lives are changing quicker than ever.
Our slowly but surely house flip is moving quicker these days. Sarah and I re-painted the dining room this weekend. It looks really sharp. Last weekend Kevin and I built a nice set of shelves in the master closet. I'm really happy with the results (Thanks Kevin). Now all I have to do in the master bedroom is to trim it out. While Kevin and I were doing that, Sarah painted the back stairwell. Sometimes its amazing how much you didn't realize how dingy something was until you put a new coat of paint on it. Next we tackle the back hall.
Well I guess I'd better wrap this post up with some random pictures. I would put a video here, since I got a reallllly nice video camera for Christmas (thanks dad) but I've found that now taking videos is so easy that I'm never satisfied with the results. The "I can get a better shot of that" idea causes me to delete most of what I film. I'll keep working on it.

The family Christmas at Greg and Jill's was wonderful.

Dad finally filled that prescription for stronger glasses.


Due to good presents...
Sarah's pressing cheese.
And I'm making pasta.Anyone is welcome for dinner at any time.