after more than 2 weeks of waiting for the adventure to begin we’re on our way to everett washington.
its not quite zealand, but its at least more than 20 miles away from where i used to live…
previous: August 2007
| idea of the day | 2007.08.31 |
| idea of the day | 2007.08.30 |
ethan turned four yesterday and judging from the calls he got it must be customary to sing happy birthday to kids over the phone.
our son may have only just turned four but he catches on pretty quick and by the second call he wasn’t very interested in the phone any more.
by the time my musically challenged parents called at the end of the day he actually took the phone and started beating it against his head crying “i can’t hear, the phone just hit me in the head!”
| idea of the day | 2007.08.29 |
our kids drink a lot of water during the night. if for some reason we forget to fill two sippy cups full of water before putting them to bed you can be sure someone is making a water in the middle of the night.
we have a bedtime tuck-in ritual that involves me giving everyone in the family a kiss goodnight. i always start with logan and she barks out who next in the family gets kissed and i bounce around kissing people as she calls names out.
the other night these two rituals collided when logan emulating the biggest frog in australia drew a great gulp from her sippy cup and as i leaned in to plant my good night kiss an entire mouth full of water was sprayed in to my face.
logan is lucky not to be on a slave ship headed to australia now…
| idea of the day | 2007.08.28 |
i imagine they could have made mountain dew any color they liked – how is it they landed on yellow #5?
| idea of the day | 2007.08.27 |
a friend recently sent this good news – i’m not cross because my life is a mess, rather i’m just at the statistical peak of dissatisfaction of all members in society…
men in their late 30s and early 40s are the least satisfied members of society, according to a survey.
they are even more dissatisfied than teenagers and the elderly, a study for the government found.
more than 3,600 people were asked to score their wellbeing on a scale of one to 10 as part of a survey for defra.
men, who rated their youthful happiness as 7.3, plunged into an early mid-life crisis with those aged 35-44 reporting satisfaction levels at 6.8.
the overall average satisfaction level for men and women was 7.3 in england, suggesting that individuals are generally fairly content.
seventy-four per cent of people said they felt generally positive about themselves.
satisfaction of the sexes
men and women regarded their retirement years as the happiest period of their lives, with women over 65 scoring 7.65 and men of the same age at 7.8 on the scale.
the “angry young man” phenomenon is not borne out by the statistics which show men aged 16-24 rating themselves 7.3.
women were also happy in their late-teens and early 20s – scoring 7.55 – although they dipped to 7.1 between the ages of 25-34.
people’s employment status also had an effect on their well-being.
those in full time education or training were the most satisfied with a rating of 7.7, while the least content were those on long-term sick leave or disabled – with a score of 5.9. unemployed people rated themselves 6.3.
men were less happy than women about staying at home – with women scoring 7.2 but men, only 6.1.
men however claimed to be less anxious than women. when asked whether they worry a lot, 45% of women agreed but only 30% of men.
the information was collected by the british market research bureau and collated in defra’s 2007 survey of public attitudes and behaviours.
| idea of the day | 2007.08.24 |
happy wood anniversary natalie…
| idea of the day | 2007.08.23 |
when things aren’t going well for me i don’t take much solace from comments like “at least we’re not in darfur”, but the following story sure made me feel like a lesser human for my recent self-indulgent pity party.
beware, parental guidance is suggested: marine wedding
| idea of the day | 2007.08.22 |
right now i feel like my life is missing roughly twenty-three hours, twenty minutes of daily show and colbert report quality escapism…
| idea of the day | 2007.08.20 |
my father’s take on our current situation:
at 144 square feet, you have 36 square feet per person, unless carolina is with you. if she is you have 28.8 square feet. that’s about 5×5. prison
cells are larger.
| idea of the day | 2007.08.17 |
don’t let me convince you things are all bad living with the sister in-law. they do after all buy semi-sweet chocolate chips in the seventy-two ounce pack.
| idea of the day | 2007.08.16 |
while packing i was surprised how many items i found in our closets that i didn’t recognize. normally i’m a curious person but with a number of these things it seemed better to not be familiar with them. such as milk of magnesia for example.
| idea of the day | 2007.08.15 |
if you’ve seen sicko (don’t worry, no spoiler here) and remember that retired couple’s expression as they arrived at their child’s house and saw the cluttered office that was going to become their new home then you’ll know what today is going to be like for me.
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