Woo hoo! Marc got some photos posted in a timely manner! We hit San Diego for a few days recently, the zoo, a few beach visits (not hot enough to bask or swim, just play), and a couple breweries for Dada were among the highlights. As per my previous post, no captions anymore, so if there’ s something you’re curious about, just ask! You’ll find pictures in a new album in the gallery.
Next big adventure chez Tiar…the chickens are in the coop.
Finally got around to clearing off the camera, added the cream of the crop to the Lola album, the Sid album, and a new album! Since I was having a hard time trying to figure out in which album to put pics where both kids figure prominently, I created a new album called “Both our kids” for those kinds of shots. I’m not going back through old ones to move previously-filed-under-one-kid-or-the-other-when-it-had-both-kids-in-it pics into the new album, but still.
And, in an effort to do this more often, I’m giving up on my lame captions. Pictures are worth 1000 words already, you don’t need my dumb commentary.
Ran out of time today, but I’ve got a bunch of videos to post as well, hopefully tomorrow. Also in an effort to streamline things, for starters, to get caught up, I’m just going to mash them all together in one big stream of consciousness kidfest. It’s been so long since I’ve done this routinely, I can’t even remember all the steps and processes I used to go through, so I’ll probably be looking for more effortless ways to post video as well. We’ll see what happens.
Three months plus since we last posted here. We’re still here, still living our little lives. Still struggling, loving, fighting, and having fun. Mostly have moved a lot of commentary onto Facebook. I’d still like to keep this site viable. Stay tuned, maybe I’ll get back into the swing of things soon…
It’s obvious I can’t keep up with the Sid and Lola pages on this site. So for now, some embedded Flash video for your viewing enjoyment. Please, take a stroll through the last YEAR of inactivity in the video department with this brief sampling of fun…
Lola sings Jingle Bells, December 2008
Sidney gets fit on the Wii, January 2009
Sid dances, January 2009
Road trip with Paigey and Grandpa, not sure where we were going…March 2009
Ring around the rosie, August 2009
Lola sings “sticky”, August 2009
Sid rolls in on his Spiderman scooter, August 2009
Sid bonds with Tasty, October 2009
Finally committed to posting some new kids. So embarrassed, some of these date back to May! I’m overwhelmed by the videos I have to post, so those will wait until another good chunk of time, hopefully in the next week. For now:
I’m not as thorough as I used to be, posting every cute picture we’ve got, creating a new album for every little event in our lives. Just don’t have the time. So you’re seeing the cream of the crop, the tip of the iceberg, whatever you want to call it.
Otherwise, pretty much the same old story for us – busy with kids, EcoReno, etc. Nana has been visiting for a bit, but her time here is drawing to a close and it will be back to the usual day to day activities.
Until next time…
Feeling just a bit overwhelmed right now…I tend to in general anyway, just trying to keep straight all the “stuff” in our lives: work and various obligations and deadlines there, the store and the various demands it places on us, kids and their various needs, and all the peripheral stuff like bills to pay, chores and yardwork around the house, etc. But right now, something very specific is making me panic.
I got this harebrained idea that for EcoReno’s first anniversary/grand opening party, I would do a workshop on building your own solar oven. I’ve always wanted to, didn’t seem too hard, and seemed like a good little “event” to have at the shop. And now, after weeks of trying to secure the perfect sized boxes, accumulating other required items, and scrutinizing various plans, I’ve reached the conclusion that I’m totally screwed. It’s way too complicated, I don’t have the right size pieces of cardboard, and I’m in over my head. I really don’t want to be a quitter on this, but I just don’t see how I can do it. I have no idea if anyone will even show up, if it’ll be just one person or a dozen, or what. Failure.
As long as I’m here, a brief update on the assorted other stuff in our lives. Sid is recuperating well from his little surgery recently. Details a bit too personal to go into here, but all seems well in his recovery. Lola’s down to two days per week at Noah’s Ark, and her time at EcoReno with Morgan seems to be good for all involved. I was lucky enough to have pizza lunch with her at school yesterday! And then dinner at the Santa Fe for Paige’s birthday. Overall, everyone is doing OK, a bit of a common cold making the rounds at our house, Nana coming to visit next week, and, as always, lots of being busy all the time.
Someday, I will get some new pictures loaded here. Really.
I think I know what it feels like to be a zombie. Or at least feel like zombies look in the movies. Sid seems to be having a pretty severe bout of insomnia the last couple nights, keeping us up off and on for hours. Or more accurately, up, then back to sleep for an hour, then up again, then back to sleep for 20 minutes, and on and on. Last night is a blur of getting up, picking him up, rocking with him, putting him back in his crib, bringing him to our bed, being kicked by him in our bed, Morgan getting up multiple times. Getting up this morning was harder than the worst hangover morning. This has to stop. He’s apparently constipated too – I wonder which condition causes the other? Or maybe molars are coming in? I should also mention that our dear babysitter Michelle is now our former babysitter Michelle, off to nursing school she went, so Sid is now with Alicia 3 days a week. So maybe the change of scenery has disrupted him…but he seems happy with the switch. Otherwise, Sid’s shaping up to be quite the little man – using lots of words now, and charming the pants off of anyone he meets.
Lola still attending Noah’s Ark happily, doing well there, and being her usual beautiful Lola self.
In other news, yeah, I know, the rate of updates around here would make you think we’ve left the country. Still here, crazy busy, living our lives.
EcoReno moved a few weeks ago, to our new location. Much more visible on the main drag, double the floor space, great vibrant neighborhood, and it seems like we’re getting busier. To help make the move happen, with all the financial fallout that entails, we sold our Eurovan to a nice family from Mt. Shasta, went without a 2nd vehicle for about 10 days, and as of last night, are now the proud owners of a 2002, very low mileage, Toyota Sienna. Sigh, a minivan. It’s come to that. I wanted a Forester or an Outback, but the practicalities of two kids in car seats, frequent cargo-hauling needs, seating for more than just the four of us, and the minivan became the obvious choice. Should last us a nice long time.
My goal for this fall, since goals like homebrewing and writing a will (yeah, OK, I know my goals are weird and disparate) never seem to materialize, is to get some more photos posted on this site. I’m sure there are a ton on the camera, several of which I could have posted and linked to from this writing to illustrate various things. Time is such a fleeting resource. But since Project Runway and Biggest Loser will kidnap my wife two nights a week, I think I might be able to get these online photo albums updated soon.
Speaking of time, I’ve got to wrap this up and go get ready for work. Where I also don’t have enough time to get everything done. When do I get to slow down? Oh yeah, every night after kids go to bed, enjoying a good beer, and watching TV for a few minutes before bed.
I guess the latest thing on Facebook is this yearbookyourself.com thing where you can make fun photos of yourself. I don’t do Facebook, but it’s kind of quiet at the store today and I couldn’t resist. Marc through the decades:
1968
1978
1986
1990
2000
I’ve basically given up all hope of keeping up with this blog, so at least I can throw out a few informative bleats to keep you all in the loop, recorded for posterity:
EcoReno is moving!
Mice in the garage – head count = six so far.
Hot summer weather!
Selling the van 
Watching The Wire, two seasons down.
That is all. We’re well, dog and cat are good, life is fine.
I guess one post per month is about the most I can eke out these days. The time flies past without even realizing. No excuses, other than the same ones you’ve seen before, just too darn busy. And Twitter has become my big timesuck.
The main reason I logged in today was, I did want to share this article about the health care system in Canada vs. the US.
Aside from that, mainly business as usual. Kids are OK, business is OK (but never as good as we’d like it to be!) at the store, and we long for leisure time and activities. We are going to break free and do something fun this weekend for the 4th of July, looking like a two-night stay at the lake, so that should be GREAT!
Brian and Sonya’s wedding consumed a lot of last weekend, a great time was had by all – Cosmo and Maureen visiting, me camping with the men bachelor party style in Black Rock country, the Pub and Sub dinner the night before the wedding, the wedding at beautiful Galena Creek park featuring homebrewed hefeweizen by Marc Tiar, and the reception at Brian and Sonya’s house afterwards, celebratory as you might expect. It was truly a fun-filled span of days.
Tasty is now an outdoor cat, venturing out most of the time, overnight even on some occasions, and is no worse for the wear. Hopefully the time spent outdoors will cut down on cat dander in the house, a potential help for Lola’s allergies. She goes in for her sinus CT scan tomorrow, then back to the ENT a week or so later for assessment. Hoping for the best.
Also since last post, Morgan and I went to see Mamma Mia, her birthday gift redeemed finally, and we had great time. I’m not too macho to say I enjoy a good musical. Sushi dinner before the show didn’t hurt.
Well, I suppose that’s all I have interesting enough to post for now. I know I never got those videos posted. Someday when I have some free time. Until then, see you next month (easy to say since June ends in about 6 hours!)
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