tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12792652694810991512011-12-18T22:35:17.268-06:00Thoughts from people that sort of know the alphabet!Beccanoreply@blogger.comBlogger3581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-28471829746082050872011-05-28T23:13:00.002-05:002011-05-28T23:23:34.160-05:00

Its not safe. Don't put a box on top of a chair to reach something taller, get a bigger chair. Stacking your bases is bad news.Daniel has learned this lesson. We will learn it again when we get the bills. He fell off of a ladder that was on top of scaffolding (that I specifically told him was a bad idea and he paid no heed because he thought it was silly worrying because I have a fear of heights)

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-27005900666923602672011-05-09T18:47:00.002-05:002011-05-09T19:19:09.910-05:00

Its been a long month since I last posted. Weaning off the postpartum meds is going rather well. Our yard is looking pretty. Our home is cleaner than it has been thanks to having more energy and less of a blah feeling. We have had a bit of trials though. What wil follow is 95% rant about the nusiance neighbors.We did some gardening around the house Easter weekend and out out lots of mulch and did

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-45034586625117103612011-04-18T10:46:00.003-05:002011-04-18T11:25:05.264-05:00

Well, we bucked up and got our busted AC unit replaced. A little less than $3K. But we have a 10 year parts and labor warranty. And the fridge stopped working. I tried pouring milk on cereal this morning and it looked like I was pouring yogurt on the cereal. The soonest Sears can fix it is 10 days from today. Daniel is going to try to see if its something he can fix today. Its either the heating

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-63741950233205002442011-03-21T18:20:00.003-05:002011-03-21T18:31:59.059-05:00

The semester is halfway over! And that means the torture that is also known as Spring Semester is halfway complete. Thank goodness because the children declared mutiny and are slowly dragging me to mental death.Alice is still having problems going to Sharing Time in primary.Thomas has started finger painting with 'paint' he makes himself. Ick!And March started with a Grapefruit Incident where I

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-52212387798327023842011-02-27T17:50:00.002-06:002011-02-27T18:06:06.928-06:00

February has been interesting. A few snow storms. A few days in the 70s and today we had thunder fog. I didn't just make that up either. And lots of sickness. TONS. We all had colds that wiped us out at the beginning of the month, got better just in time to go to church and catch a new round of sickness. Yippee! We have been to the pediatrician's office 3 times in the last week and will be going

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-47571995441318197442011-02-07T16:18:00.002-06:002011-02-07T16:27:03.086-06:00

My mom sent this to me and said that I was probably the least likely to respond... and she's right. Infact, it's odd that I read it. And since I hate forwarding things to people and feel like doing this anyway here goes...1.What color are your socks right now? white2.What are you listening to right now? multiple computers and people murmoring3. What was the last thing you ate?candy (so healthy)4.

Dannohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659251925427359475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-29674328605712323152011-01-24T11:27:00.002-06:002011-01-24T11:31:56.747-06:00

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-81920990986663420202011-01-13T14:32:00.005-06:002011-01-13T19:31:27.907-06:00

I think I fixed the photo problems. Thanks to Gar giving us a new camera! And if anyone needs bigger pictures, let me know and I can email you bigger ones. These have been sized for easier display. :)The only pic with me (I was behind the camera for the rest).Daddy and the 2 kids. (The best shot we got)Alice cut her hair! You can't see a nice bald spot under her bangs on one side. Thank goodness

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-73626643479882266242010-12-25T13:42:00.002-06:002010-12-25T13:55:35.704-06:00

Merry Christmas! We have spent a quiet day at home. Except for Alice upchucking all over me and the couch. Ah yes good times. She went back to bed and took a 2 hour nap before noon. This certainly makes us glad we did not travel. We opened all our presents this morning and so far Daniel has shown the most excitement about his. I think Castlevania for the Wii is a hit. Daniel says he was trying

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-59616615436411246262010-12-09T13:01:00.003-06:002010-12-09T13:15:22.097-06:00

Its December! Daniel has a week left of school. Yay!Alice goes potty in the toilet...sometimes.Its getting cold, but still no snow.Thomas is walking quickly now. Not quite at running, but he is getting there.I am knitting. Currently in progress, a red and blue KU inspired hat. If only I could find a button in the shape of a jayhawk. Also in progress. A crown for ALice. Its greens and browns so

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-41452237772267204332010-11-12T08:57:00.002-06:002010-11-12T09:15:21.508-06:00

Everyone is sick! With varying degrees of illness. Nothing completely debilitating, but lots of fatigue, runny noses, etc. Daniel went in to work for a few yours yesterday and came back home. He has today apprived off, but he might go in for a little bot. He hasn't specified.Thomas is starting to climb everything. He lept off the arm of the couch yesterday, unfortunately he can't fly. Head

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-73216061665524475332010-10-01T08:37:00.002-05:002010-10-01T08:59:48.507-05:00

- Thomas stands on his own for about 30 seconds to a minute at a time. ^-^- Alice loves dresses. She hates pants. We need to get some knee high sock or something since its getting cooler. That and some more fall style dresses.- I have been crazy busy with church stuff. Calling here, calling there, throw in some visiting teaching, etc.- Daniel is going to be on call this weekend. O.O They are

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-38879340576622297032010-09-17T20:03:00.003-05:002010-09-17T20:09:42.700-05:00

Alice is stingy. Like really stingy.We popped pop corn this evening right around scripture time. I was holding it during scriptures. Both her and Thomas was swarming me, but she took pop corn out of his hand and pushed him away a few times.Then she decided that he had broken her 'rules' too many times. (or perhaps I had)She grabbed the bowl of pop corn and cuddled up to Daniel in the chair across

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-42222686916006215472010-09-14T09:27:00.001-05:002010-09-14T09:27:54.529-05:00

:-/

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-61083319811377423832010-08-31T18:24:00.002-05:002010-08-31T18:34:19.145-05:00

I am hosting a yarn co-op for a cloth diaper forum I belong to. If you are a string Luhvrrr and want to buy some Cestari yarn. Check out my order form here {I am a link click me}.And...Alice finally figured out this is not a cat. I have the doll partway assembled now, I just haven't take more pics yet.She saw it and was Cat, Cat! Cat. CAT! CAT! (etc)I finally let her have the doll because there

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-14286390692609480252010-08-31T10:12:00.002-05:002010-08-31T10:22:18.089-05:00

For real.So the washer died and was replaced last week. The day we got the new washer the vacuum made a boom (ok it was a tiny boom since it was a vacuum) and gave up the ghost. So we shell out $ for a new one. (We got it yesterday and I am in love so far.)Then today, while Daniel is on the desktop computer there is a crackapow! and the desktop starts smoking and won't turn on again. Its probably

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-8519150303387500662010-08-21T23:16:00.002-05:002010-08-21T23:27:36.907-05:00

The washer is dead.It started making death noises in January. It now no longer spins out. Which explains why it seemed like sometimes we had to wash clothes several times to get them clean.Daniel went to the store to buy disposable diapers. I hope we get the right sizes. And this means that the central AC will probably not be fixed this year. We are planning on getting a new set...and with the

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-59754278807631248912010-08-17T12:44:00.000-05:002010-08-17T12:52:54.550-05:00

We got up early this morning. Sort of. I needed the car, and Daniel went into work late.Then we went visiting teaching. I noticed that the tire looked squatty. When we came out less than an hour later it looked worse. We immediately drove to the nearest gas station repair shop.For $17 I got the screw removed and the tire patched. And for $2.66 I bought snacks to stop the kids from creaming. It

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-14669330123803979822010-08-11T22:34:00.001-05:002010-08-11T22:36:24.582-05:00

I know its August, but can we get out of a heat advisory already? When there was one posted Sunday to last until Wednesday at 9pm, I chuckled. When they announced Tuesday night that it was being extended until Friday I was not so jovial.I look forward to balmy 70s at night!

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-66968814089530896492010-08-08T15:01:00.003-05:002010-08-08T15:12:25.299-05:00

Our computer monitor went the way of all the earth this morning. Daniel tried to turn it on, and there was a light and then darkness. That is the computer I bought ages ago. About 8 years ago. And there has been someone as a student almost every semester since then.Anyway, we are working on getting another monitor. And hoping for one of the free variety. Also, the battery on the laptop has

Beccanoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-13899971401095664232010-08-03T20:54:00.001-05:002010-08-03T20:56:34.821-05:00

Well, first he stood up so he could try and get the toy above his bouncy chair. Then he crawled toward some toys on the floor. Daniel saw it first! (I was in the kitchen looking at the blueberry stuff.)So yeah, 2 posts in one day! Our life is interesting in spurts.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-9653276978778728072010-08-03T18:04:00.002-05:002010-08-03T18:11:19.346-05:00

Well, today isn't Saturday. Though it sure felt that way. Its a Tuesday.Daniel took the day off of work and we got up early and went to the berry patch to pick blueberries. We picked a little more than 2.5lbs ourselves. But, I had wanted to try making blueberry butter (think apple butter but from blueberries) and that needed about 3lbs for a batch. So I bought a bag of the "We Pick" berries.Yes,

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-2918668934088633412010-07-30T03:23:00.002-05:002010-07-30T03:27:50.977-05:00

I had Daniel open windows last night because it was 78 outside and supposed to get down to 72.So why did I wake up at 3:30am? I felt stifling hot.Our house is now 83 degrees and counting. It was cooler when we went to bed.Outside? Yeah, its still 78. 'Real feel 82.' That is fine and dandy, but the house is now 4 degrees warmer than when we went to bed. So tell your lies Accuweather. I will still

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-87254842008315202672010-07-29T11:02:00.002-05:002010-07-29T11:08:18.233-05:00

Is today! Yay!!!He will be home in 10 hours. So I have plenty of time on my own to be driven mad by the kiddos.On the to do list for today:Get red nail polish out of the carpet. (I have a stack of things recommended by people on the internet.)Wash diapers (The bins are PACKED!)Vacuum the living room. Its not that bad, but that is where the nail polish is spilt. And a steam cleaner won't get

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-63112798424878656752010-07-28T07:21:00.001-05:002010-07-28T07:25:50.014-05:00

And the house is all awake. Thanks to Alice. And breakfast has been eaten.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-65128346229950853392010-07-27T15:20:00.002-05:002010-07-27T15:29:22.145-05:00

A brand spankin new serger!OK, so I have had it for a little while. But I haven't let myself play with it until this last weekend. You see I did a sewing trade for the serger. And man those things are exhilarating! Its like driving a really fast car on an empty road. Vroom!I sewed a dozen of these bad boys. Itty bitty newborn diapers. The scissors arel ike 8 inches long for size comparison.Of

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-1428968785863309612010-07-20T16:49:00.002-05:002010-07-20T16:52:16.770-05:00

My own Oompa Loompa!And yes. Her hair is now 'strawberry' blonde.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-58863673491553804142010-07-14T06:18:00.003-05:002010-07-14T07:19:19.483-05:00

Sometime during the last week or perhaps more than a week ago our AC stopped working. So far we've had a fairly easy time of it, cause it hasn't been overly hot.This upcoming week there are days where Accuweather.com is forecasting that it will feel like 111. The scary part is that some of those days are times when I without question need the car.We'd decided that we were going to try holding out

Dannohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659251925427359475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-9529403608580304572010-07-06T20:35:00.002-05:002010-07-06T20:46:54.866-05:00

Actually it didn't start out that bad. But by 5pm I was wearing thin. Here is a brief synopsis of the day.While nursing Thomas I hear a noise that sounds like eggs hitting the tile floor. Unfortunately, I know what that sounds like. Leave Thomas and find Alice with about half a dozen eggs/egg shells on the kitchen floor and in a large bowl. Clearly she was cooking. Mop kitchen floor.Decide to try

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-34261695851862574792010-06-28T08:47:00.002-05:002010-06-28T09:04:49.566-05:00

The title is really more of a wonderment than a definite. I don't know who Daniel talked to at church, or what he saw but out of nowhere he wanted to know how far away Nauvoo, IL is from us. (Its 5 hours 31 minutes FTR.)So we might go up sometime in July. Like the weekend after Daniel's class is finished. As in the 30th and 31st because the class finished on the evening of the 29th. If we go,

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-13101357989387931002010-06-23T20:09:00.002-05:002010-06-23T20:31:34.092-05:00

I am sick of dealing with Alice today. She is just too good at figuring things out.This week she learned how to open the fridge door. Yes I did vacuum up an entire POUND of shredded cheese from the just vacuumed living room floor. So I had Daniel stop at Walmrt on his way home from class yesterday to get a fridge lock It needs 24 hours to "cure" which means when she put her weight into it, she

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-88513551467413517172010-06-16T13:20:00.002-05:002010-06-16T13:40:11.911-05:00

It has been a week since my last post. I even took updated pictures of the garden. But, the SD card reader in the laptop is broken and the SD card reader in the ancient desktop also seems to not work. Plus we don't have the cable to attach the camera to the USB drives. So no garden pics. The green beans are getting tall and some are climbing the tomato plants as planned. With my luck tomatoes and

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-60577616164564885622010-06-08T14:58:00.003-05:002010-06-08T15:19:26.317-05:00

Our garden is growing! That is right, after not planting anything except the tomatoes, eggplants, and herbs I started from seed...we finally got things in the ground. On Memorial Day. Slightly late, but the week before that was pretty wet and chilly. Over the weekend I took pictures of the plants that are sprouting. With a little luck they will grow fruitful. The plants are much bigger now, but

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-41612701147769112992010-06-02T13:31:00.002-05:002010-06-02T13:47:34.410-05:00

I have no reason for this post. Except that it's Wednesday.And both kids are napping.And I have all the clean laundry folded and put away. Except the ginormous pile of diapers on the bed that need stuffed and sorted into Alice only and Anyone diapers. (Though Daniel puts Thomas in pink diapers, so really I just need to sort out the sized diapers.)We bought a grill this weekend. Its 'strange'

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-11059625896144244282010-05-27T06:08:00.002-05:002010-05-27T06:12:45.179-05:00

He sat up on his own. It was on our bed and he looked like he was going to fall over, but he stuck his arm out to prop himself up and locked his elbow.And our house is unusually clean. At least parts of it are unusually clean. I have several completed meals in the freezer, and several parts of meals in there. I think these skillet meals will be freaking awesome. But they take forever to prep

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-58760462063949959502010-05-24T11:31:00.004-05:002010-05-24T12:00:54.393-05:00

So its been a while since I posted. Oops. Last weekend we went over to my cousin Synthia's apartment to celebrate graduation with her. Alice terrorized the cat and got to eat cake with frosting that turned her mouth blue. Thomas practiced graduating from KU.I am currently cleaning the house so I can spend tomorrow cooking meals for the freezer. Most of them are just assemble and freeze meals. To

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-49592356142016911572010-05-06T12:18:00.002-05:002010-05-06T12:24:35.606-05:00

Alice, Thomas and I just spent over an hour on the garden. First I turned the dirt in the garden box. Then I planted 5 or 6 plants in containers. We have 2 tomato container plants, 1 basil, 1 strawberry, 1 cilantro, and 1 something I don't remember.Then I broke down some of the dirt clumps in the garden box and added 8 bags of organic compost/humus. Yum. Alice and I planted the rest of the

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-12167721325330289692010-05-03T18:29:00.002-05:002010-05-03T18:40:06.836-05:00

We are going to be Vegetarian this month. We have already cheated. Its May 3rd. Go us.The cheating is excusable. We had some things like lunch meat in the fridge that needed eaten. I took one for the team and had a ham sandwich for lunch.Also, refried bean soft tacos on fresh cooked corn tortillas = delight.This morning Alice and I cleared out the garden box. Its funny writing that because a few

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-6453192428947372842010-04-22T08:44:00.003-05:002010-04-22T08:56:14.227-05:00

Amazing, right?So Thomas was super cranky Monday. Like screaming until he lost his voice and was all hoarse and sad sounding. Naturally Alice fed off that energy and was a bit of a terror.Tuesday night Thomas pooped. When that happened we realized maybe he had been constipated. Not sure from what since they aren't supposed to be able to get constipated while breastfed. Maybe it was from the

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-41317175261464446192010-04-19T08:53:00.002-05:002010-04-19T09:07:25.420-05:00

Well, I guess its not so manic around here. And now I have the song stuck in my head. Figures.I decided last night that I am super sick of 80% of our diapers. Yes. Go me. Initially I was like, I will sell all the ones with velcro, then buy more. Until I realized that the majority of our diapers come with velcro. Yeah, it would not be easy to get by on 8 diapers for Alice until I buy new ones.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-11364635960187926552010-04-14T18:44:00.002-05:002010-04-14T18:59:30.335-05:00

I was inspired to do something positive. Because of someone awesome. You should check her out.I am an awesome cook. Baking, cooking, etc. I can follow a recipe to a T, and modify it if I desire without making a total flop.I love helping and serving others. And I think I am good at doing it in non-obvious ways.My thumb is so green, there is a plant growing in it. I have successfully started many

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-28854844711716284672010-04-13T09:30:00.003-05:002010-04-13T09:42:12.935-05:00

Sometimes when Alice comes up to Thomas and screams, he giggles. Other times he cries. Its hard to get her to understand that screaming isn't nice when he giggles.Alice acts like she feels better than she did over the weekend, yet her nose is running like crazy and she wants to lie down all the time.How getting up at 6am can ever be desired.Why my house is messier with only Alice around than

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-47356860228103630812010-03-29T16:43:00.002-05:002010-03-29T16:49:24.550-05:00

So we were considering refinancing our house to a 10 year loan. Then about 2 weeks ago they said...oh our bad you need to pay $400 to get your house appraised. We said, screw that and asked them to close the account. Fast forward to today and we get a notice in the mail that we were denied credit and could get free copies of our credit reports.Daniel called Bank of America and they stated that

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-891033966889732352010-03-26T15:29:00.003-05:002010-03-26T15:38:44.879-05:00

Well, he has entered the world of Facebook. Not thanks to us or anything. Thomas and I went to a baby shower a couple of weekends ago. Thomas was the youngest baby there, and so he captured the eye of the photographer quite quickly. And ignore my un-ironed shirt. I had a baby 2 months ago and can't be expected to iron for at least 4 more months.In other news...this week has been a lazy one.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-54409932885612010522010-03-20T07:24:00.002-05:002010-03-20T07:39:17.092-05:00

And welcome snow. Oh yes, its a winter wonderland out there. We are supposed to get another 2.2 inches in the next 24 hours. Fun Times!This week Daniel fixed Alice's dresser. I finished cleaning and organizing her room. And, she has started taking naps again. Ah the beauty of sticking someone in a crib and letting them cry until they fall asleep. Of course that means she thinks bedtime can be a

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-34982238589644088182010-03-14T14:19:00.002-05:002010-03-14T14:32:59.068-05:00

Oh yes, its true. On our previous post some random 'bathroom sprayer' company left a spam message. I left it up. It makes me feel popular.I have started spring cleaning. To the extent that I am purging our house. Our closets are more empty and organized. I almost have all the maternity clothes put away (I need to check the dresser one more time for any hiding t-shirts). I even cleaned the

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-90687263830310952072010-03-02T09:12:00.004-06:002010-03-02T09:22:29.383-06:00

Ok, so this isn't about basketball much to the chagrin of many Lawrence residents. But, is this blog ever about anything but us? Its a rare, rare, thing.We ran out of bread this morning, so I am making rolls. While I was measuring away in the kitchen getting coated in flour, Alice was measuring cheese in the living room. Oh yes, all over the carpet.You see, Alice has this problem. She is really

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-79432857805112969772010-02-24T10:23:00.002-06:002010-02-24T10:34:39.873-06:00

Alice has a new way to get people's attention and request help. She calls me 'hun.' Thanks to Daniel calling me "honey" so she won't call me "Rebecca."Of course, she also calls Daniel "hun" when she wants something. Here is a brief example of when calling out "hun" is appropriate.I want a drink, but the cup is empty... "Hun! Wah." (wah is water)Man, opening this pack of cards to spread them

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-13659521708954264652010-02-23T11:56:00.003-06:002010-02-23T12:14:44.959-06:00

We might be refinancing our house with our tax return. At 3.85%. For a 10 year term. The monthly payment will go up about $300. But, I have been paying at minimum $100 extra a month to the mortgage. And we will pay a lot less in interest. Plus, we will be guaranteed to own the house in 10 years. Of course, we won't be paying my student loan off this year if we do refinance. We are still on

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-54730225764544868012010-02-19T05:23:00.002-06:002010-02-19T05:37:21.733-06:00

Thomas is a FATTY. Well, he is technically just large. Weighing in and measuring in at just under the 80th percentile. The kid is just under 12 lbs at 6 weeks. Fatty-pah-tatty.Alice got round 2 of her flu shot. She has been up every 2 hours. Partly because Thomas has been up every 2 hours. The cries of Thomas are a siren to Alice's ears. I even went and lied with her at 1:30 when she

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-5023366261677189922010-02-17T07:49:00.002-06:002010-02-17T08:02:11.447-06:00

What wrong with us!Oh yes, doctor appointments for all. First one is at 10:15am. Daniel went in for 2 hours of work before we start the drudgery of multiple doctor appointments in a day.I am just hoping for a solution. Everybodys gotta have a body; (apostrophe key is not working, strangeness) there aint no promises they they will work right. Its too bad we didnt have the option of buying an

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-9564777360550645542010-02-15T05:55:00.002-06:002010-02-15T05:59:50.095-06:00

Its about 6am. Alice got up at 3. Hot diggity.You would think with how little sleep I get, the house would be cleaner. I am visiting teaching at my house at 9am. Maybe the next 3 hours will be more productive. Shoot, I would settle for getting the living room vacuumed and everything else tossed in the computer room.Screaming Alice in her room. Poopy Thomas getting changed.At least we have clean

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-60971969962662194962010-02-10T14:13:00.002-06:002010-02-10T14:31:40.986-06:00

Too many of my blog posts lately have been ruing the fact that I have 2 kids at home. But its not all bad. I just am really bad at the whole 'think positive' idea when I get royally pissed off. So the blog is a better place to leave everything than Alice. Plus screaming would probably wake Thomas and then BOTH kids would be angry. So its time to focus on the good things that have happened

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-31276810144543467552010-02-09T15:24:00.002-06:002010-02-09T15:37:46.571-06:00

the time it takes to change Alice's nasty poopy diaper.23 seconds. - The time it takes her to climb onto Thomas's FACE with her stinky poopy butt. Why she feels she needs to kneel on his head is beyond me. I can understand her covering his face with a pillow when he cries since it makes the noise quiet. But, standing or kneeling on a head? What is wrong with the girl?Just when I thought things

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-76411230691452383632010-02-06T02:32:00.002-06:002010-02-06T03:02:36.082-06:00

(and to think this is my second. How much of a haze was I in with Alice?)- While breastfeeding, I reek. Perhaps its a physiological response so the baby will always know mom is near, but DANG I am stinky.- The all natural deodorant really does help stop the smell. Too bad it lets the sweat flow.- Onions + me = oh dear stinky! In several ways. All recipes including onions will now need to be

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-29743932234507301562010-02-03T22:31:00.001-06:002010-02-03T22:32:39.376-06:00

This is your blog emailing you. Can you check the settings, please?Thanks,Da Blog

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Today was nice. Well, except for Alice waking up at 5:30am and insisting the day was starting. Plus the bowl FULL of cereal and milk that she knocked all over her high chair and the floor. As a note, she was hungry and didn't relinquish the bowl until she hade emptied the remainder into her gullet.But other than that it wasn't bad.My friend Mary came over and entertained Alice for a couple of

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-89711264760529363692010-02-02T07:51:00.002-06:002010-02-02T07:57:58.830-06:00

It's cute when you wake up at 7am. Until you wake up Alice.But then you show the beginnings of a true smile when she gets all excited.Unfortunately, she sees that as an invitation. That's why she wants to lie next to/on you.But keep up the smiling. Its cute.Love,MomP.S. Next time m9 vb

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I want to put myself on bed rest for my boob pain. It also makes it so I can't sleep. And i don't know if its because I am sleeping in strange positions to avoid boob pain, but my hips are freaking hurting like i am still pregnant. I don't think I have a high enough fever to be considered mastitis, but who knows. I refuse to use the butt thermometer. Its the only one i know where it is off the

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-90624240308800632942010-01-29T22:07:00.003-06:002010-01-29T22:26:37.513-06:00

If this has been a testI cannot see the reasonBut maybe knowingI don't know is part of getting throughI tried to do what's bestBut faith has made it easyTo see the best thing I can do Is to put my trust in You."You Know Better Than I" from Joseph: King of DreamsWe had our first monthly Relief Society meeting this week. The topic was on mental illness, depression, and really just ways to keep

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-80762813432827821242010-01-27T21:02:00.002-06:002010-01-27T21:17:41.457-06:00

I watch the ripples change their sizeBut never leave the streamOf warm impermanenceSo the days float through my eyesBut still the days seem the sameAnd these children that you spit onAs they try to change their worldsAre immune to your consultationsThey're quite aware of what they're going throughThis is the song that went through my head when I stood in front of the mirror this evening wondering

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-64571060683104097532010-01-25T14:56:00.003-06:002010-01-25T15:07:15.582-06:00

I hate having them in my home. Alice had a runny nose last week. Thomas got a stuffy nose. Now Alice is hoarse and freaking obnoxious. Thomas is crying constantly (for him). And I am so sick of getting snot rubbed onto my shirt/arm/Thomas. Even worse, Alice really really wants to hold Thomas. I doubt its because she wants to kill him, though it appears that murder is on her mind. Instead I

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-24556148640388776212010-01-24T17:24:00.003-06:002010-01-24T18:06:13.573-06:00

This was our first week without Daniel at home to help out. I admit there were a couple of days that were pretty yucky. One involved Thomas hitting the 2 week growth spurt leaving me with virtually no sleep. Daniel took an hour of unscheduled paid time off that day. We also have eaten out WAY too many times this week. Its called, I made WAY too many pasta freezer meals. Plus there are a few

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-63373312221312018072010-01-22T01:42:00.002-06:002010-01-22T02:04:47.344-06:00

Ever heard of one? Its sort of common. No one knows the cause. Its supposedly easy to treat.What happens is that after the cord stump falls of there is a tiny tree of baby in the hole. That wouldn't really bother me. Its the oozing. And the inability to use cloth diapers (because they come up too high and cover the stump risking infection).Disposable diapers stink. Literally. It's a combo of

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-26547795211566464192010-01-20T13:18:00.002-06:002010-01-20T13:23:42.270-06:00

But a watermelon in the winter. Allow the toddler to eat a fair bit of it.Commence the changing marathon.Lugging around an infant also helps.As do the dang it's that result in the carpet needing steam cleaned. We have had one of those today. Because I didn't get the diaper back on quickly enough. Dang it.I think its time to start laundry again.I wonder if Daniel will be working until 7pm like he

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-5427638065101393602010-01-19T11:55:00.000-06:002010-01-19T11:55:00.097-06:00

It was torture to say the least. Here is the rundown.Saturday night Alice screamed yelled and cried until super late at night (maybe midnight, maybe later its hard to know). Inconsolable toddlers are not my forte. Nor are they Daniel's but he has to deal with her mostly since I have my own parasite.Sunday we tried going to bed at our 'normal' time of 6pm. Alice took a 2 minute bath, then tried

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-52217312926211498202010-01-14T02:26:00.002-06:002010-01-14T02:32:07.267-06:00

Growth spurt #1...7-10days old. For us this happens only in the middle of the night.We tried to go to bed at 8pm. I have gotten maybe an hour of sleep since then. Its 2:30AM. For real man. My body my choice.Daniel is getting dressed to buy a baby bottle so I can try and sleep at night. For real. Why can't he cluster feed at a time when Alice is awake. Punk child.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-84141976509440697512010-01-13T14:48:00.002-06:002010-01-13T15:07:17.710-06:00

Its been a long day. Alice has made it clear that for her to be tolerable during the day we have to put her to bed at 6pm (well at least start bath time then). This way she can go to bed and sleep until 7-8am and not be a total terror all day from tiredness (she refuses to nap any more). Thomas and I did nap on the couch. During Snow White. That is one freaky movie in my opinion.Anyway, I

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-90143220187314173062010-01-13T14:40:00.002-06:002010-01-13T14:48:23.504-06:00

Remember that show on TLC, if its even still being shown I haven't had cable since before we were married. Anyway, this is our non-videographed, non-photographed week. SO here we go...He finally showed up at 10:12pm and I was stitched back up before 11pm. Lucky.In brief, we went in to get my water broke at 7:30am. They didn't break it until almost 10 though. Then several hours and many many

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-87214351731011255212010-01-06T20:48:00.002-06:002010-01-06T21:01:36.567-06:00

No energy to give the detailed post Daniel promised of me. Wasn't that sweet of him :-)Anyway, we saw the snow start around noon and high-tailed it out of the hospital. I guess it was about 2pm when we got home. Partly because we left the cake behind, and we needed that cake. Alice ate about half of it when we got home. Then after a couple of temper tantrums from Alice after I gave Daniel a

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-61840980628410069292010-01-05T00:07:00.002-06:002010-01-05T00:14:52.289-06:00

Greetings from the one who doesn't blog much...At 10:12 pm today, Rebecca gave birth to our son Thomas Ryan Cook. Weighing in at 9 pounds 2 ounces. He is officially more that 20% larger than Alice was when she was born. He also has hair... that's dark and a completely different nose!He looks like a grumpy man with a bruised face... we'll work on getting some pictures soon. I suppose...So, if

Dannohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659251925427359475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-65528971109443677242010-01-03T06:24:00.002-06:002010-01-03T06:38:54.054-06:00

1. We are still pregnant. We have started getting phone messages checking on us though. Sorry to disappoint, but this kid did not want to be born in 2009 or on New Years. Lets all hope his goal isn't Chinese New Year. Seriously, we have had all these 'signs of labor' and then nothing. I am sure part of it was his sensitivity to the forced family togetherness in a bona fide blizzard (we were

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-26954593957014176352009-12-30T08:16:00.003-06:002009-12-30T08:26:47.245-06:00

Last night Daniel talked Alice into sleeping in her own bed on her own...AND it worked. It didn't even take half an hour. It was impressive. Now to make it consistent.

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Would you cut out science labs and 5 science faculty members?I ran across an article about a high school that has a plan to bridge the gap between achievement levels amongst different races. The white students have scores above the state average, and the Latino and African American students have averages below.The solution: cut science lab classes and 5 science teachers.Jigga what?They want to

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-78586477595277722132009-12-26T06:52:00.002-06:002009-12-26T07:18:14.896-06:00

That phrase has a new meaning this Christmas. I have lived through my first blizzard. As have all my traveling house guests. Yes, I was lucky, some of them refused to cancel despite my pleading and eventually my disinheritance. I thought that a disinheritance might keep them from trying to visit, but no. Finally I suggested train travel, as it would be much safer to get stuck on a train than

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-244448304909074982009-12-24T03:35:00.002-06:002009-12-24T03:49:43.934-06:00

Out power has been out twice in the last 4 hours, and for about 2 hours each time (actually for all I know the most recent time it was much longer). It has been fun. I guess. The power came on right before 3am. Daniel told me when I got help to get out of bed for potty time.Because the power went out we forgot about our home teachers coming over at 6pm. We went to the store around 5:15

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-10696760109889209202009-12-21T02:04:00.002-06:002009-12-21T02:20:22.194-06:00

And other fun midnight activities.At 12:30am I awoke to lots of noises coming from somewhere. Daniel was not in bed, so I initially thought it was him. But no, it was the neighbors.They had strange music going (typical with them, but usually not enough to wake us) and there was this strange thudding noise. Almost like they had several 10 year olds at a sleepover running up and down the stairs

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-2874069072819842312009-12-17T09:29:00.003-06:002009-12-17T10:48:46.836-06:00

As I hear about people showing up for Christmas, I am getting stressed out.The living room looks like it belongs on an episode of hoarders.Thats almost an exact quote from Daniel. He did add the qualifier "if everything were stacked higher."What can I say. Alice likes to spread the newspaper ads around the living room. And he was at a cub scout committee meeting until 9:30pm (don't even get me

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-44878382739170810682009-12-16T11:35:00.002-06:002009-12-16T11:54:17.874-06:00

There will be (probably) 10 people in my home clamoring for food. We have a 1000sq ft house. It should be fun.I will be 38 weeks pregnant and NOT cooking Christmas dinner (that's why God created grocery stores that sell already cooked holiday dinners).I will eat some of the most expensive ham I have ever owned. (Daniel got a gift certificate for a Honeybaked Ham, those things are like $15/lb or

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-47344979914454406612009-12-14T16:54:00.002-06:002009-12-14T17:03:10.152-06:00

So far its a fail.1. We tried to file a claim online about the laptop power plug in thing being jacked up...and it said the laptop was not registered.2. We tried to register the laptop and it said we had to call customer support.3. We call customer support and they claim our year warranty is expired.(We bought it at the end of February 2009. Our extended warranty claims they will not repair

Beccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-22634800355625513832009-12-11T18:27:00.002-06:002009-12-11T18:40:41.738-06:00

This week was sort of long. Alice and I got a mild bug of some kind that involved lots of sleeping and some frequent diaper changes/toilet trips.I had my 36 week OB appointment. No impending signs of the spawn coming. Yay. We are having an ultrasound next week to check on the kiddo and see how ginormous he is gonna be and to check on the size of his kidneys.Daniel is going to call one of the

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-14367610525494281222009-12-09T08:51:00.002-06:002009-12-09T09:03:18.392-06:00

So its really pretty outside. But its cold. Stinking cold. Like currently its 10 F outside. It of course feels colder. And temperatures are supposed to keep on dropping. It was 14 F at 6am when I was watching the news.Last night our power went out. I got up to go to the bathroom at 1:11am. Fell asleep and when I woke up to go to the bathroom again it was 1:17.Ok it wasn't really 1:17, it

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I went to the kitchen early this mornWith the idea that I would bakeI pulled out the pans and thoughts of bread made of cornfilled my tummy with dreams of the cakesI opened the cupboard and looked on the ledgeand the supply of baked goods in a box were lackingMy creativity died when a phone call drove a wedgebetween me and my lack of eggsBoo on you. You will be hearing from me. There will be

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-45981980389272441922009-12-04T04:00:00.002-06:002009-12-04T04:19:27.669-06:00

Or maybe its just having your own. Pregnancy is a time when people laud adoption. Maybe its just me. But still, I would be willing to give 20% of our income to not be pregnant. Only I don't want the kid yet. I woke up with evil central/lower back pain that according to the internet (the be all end all source of knowledge at 2am) is either ligament pain from having my body ripped apart from the

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-22234681125464726602009-12-02T08:50:00.002-06:002009-12-02T08:55:02.325-06:00

The laptop power cord no longer functions.That just figures. Though I assume the problem is with the loose metal piece you plug the power cord into.And here we were hoping we could get away with not sending it in for repairs until after Daniel finished school this semester.It sure fooled us.Goodbye internet on my couch.See you in a couple of months. I won't be sitting on a regular chair at the

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-22579754174237967972009-12-01T11:19:00.002-06:002009-12-01T11:49:56.090-06:00

That is what Alice is eating right now. There was regular milk in the bowl, but she ate it all the milk and left some cereal in the bottom. So she added chocolate milk. Ingenious I tell you.Yes her breakfast was at 11 am. She ate a banana on the way to my doctor appointment this morning.Anyway, I had my regular appointment and my hospital pre-admission appointment. Yeah just about 2 hours of

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-18663068643467940672009-11-29T18:42:00.002-06:002009-11-29T19:12:09.663-06:00

After a not so enjoyable flight down to Florida (Alice got tired and wanted to sleep in her stroller after the first flight, but our plane got in late and we had to immediately get on our connecting flight at the last boarding call) I decided that we were going to try and get first class upgrades. Especially since we would be having a non-stop flight so we would only pay the upgrade fee for one

Dannohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659251925427359475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-83074892875444054882009-11-23T10:25:00.002-06:002009-11-23T10:38:31.111-06:00

I have one.Went in and saw a different doc than my regular. She was ironically in her 3rd trimester as well, though not as far along. She also had some vanilla air freshener stuff and instrumental music playing in the waiting room. Plus she gave Alice a sucker, so I think Alice was sold on her being a great doctor.She wrote me a letter saying I was only 34 weeks and had no complications so

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-2747930967371025182009-11-18T10:19:00.004-06:002009-11-18T15:23:53.719-06:00

It won't start. The car alarm keeps going off. I have disconnected the battery to stop the insanity. There might be a temporary fix, but I will have to reconnect the battery to try it. Maybe after visiting teaching.We are now car less. Daniel is supposed to take a test tomorrow night in Overland Park. He already had to cancel home teaching because it started last night when he tried to leave

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-9411272948645826062009-11-16T10:25:00.004-06:002009-11-16T10:42:20.845-06:00

I just thought of some great "D" names if the little monster shows up early.Dasher (reindeer obviously)DancerDonnerDudley (from Christmas in Connecticut)Douglas (for the Douglas Pine)DecemberDove (perhaps a bit girly)If he's a new year's baby:Dagny (means new ay)And if he is born December 29th or 30th:David (apparently its traditional names for the day in religious or traditional calenders in

Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-77214330573326813412009-11-14T08:23:00.003-06:002009-11-14T08:27:06.480-06:00

I just want to point out our couch (the first couple). I wonder if that means we are destined for divorce. Anyway, if you don't want to watch the video, that's fine. Pretty much the idea is that both people have to be doing the wrong things for a while before divorce becomes an option. Oh, and if you have had a divorce, it won't ruin your eternal covenants, that's between you and the Lord.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-58434704943388358912009-11-04T08:43:00.002-06:002009-11-04T08:49:57.603-06:00

We got some pictures taken last month (the first 2 were from the last week of September). As you can see, my gut looked huge. Though in comparison to now, not so much. I haven't got the CD yet, so I have pilfered a few pics from facebook. Enjoy!Below is one classic, lumpy baby gut photo. Yes, good times.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-52893979261570403962009-11-02T02:46:00.002-06:002009-11-02T03:15:44.662-06:00

Ok, so the day wasn't that bad. In fact, it was pretty nice. Alice slept in until 7am post time change (which is essentially 8am non-time change) and that is amazingly late. Even better, the sun is up at 7am. That's always a good sign.Of course, then she fell asleep in our bed in just about the same position she is in right now. But I am getting ahead of myself.The Primary Presidency is

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-78083725881862959242009-10-26T11:35:00.003-05:002009-10-26T12:07:14.116-05:00

All parties in the house are officially better. Alice has some mild nose runny-ness, but that's mostly when she throws a fit and cries a lot.Unfortunately since I didn't get clogged sinuses, I smelled something strange in the house Saturday afternoon. It was sour smelling. So we did some cleaning of obvious things move trash can to other side of garage, wash dishes, change trash can, wash

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-78753216483987711432009-10-23T03:08:00.002-05:002009-10-23T03:24:00.527-05:00

We went to bed and actually slept at 7pm last night. Well, it was a little before 7, but then Alice was making the noise of one who needs nose irrigation, so we did that. Um yeah, nose irrigation is so much easier on a younger baby, but at least she didn't sound like she was drowning afterwords.Around midnight I woke up and felt like either my throat was super sore or I had heartburn. Its hard

Beccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-29911205549589675202009-10-21T09:19:00.002-05:002009-10-21T09:29:31.856-05:00

Official answer is no, but I am starting to think that Alice might.Fever over 100 for 2 days (101 actually, but supposedly after 3 days you assume its viral).Dry hacking cough, worse when trying to lie down, so sleeping is a bit of a struggle.Nose running. Constantly.Refusing most food, except cookies.Ironically, I am the healthiest of the bunch in our house. I coated my chest with Mentholatum

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-47671509775337355902009-10-18T21:07:00.002-05:002009-10-18T21:18:03.232-05:00

1. We left before Sunrise to drive to the temple in Omaha.2. We watched a rambunctious child as a 'swap' while another couple were in the temple first.3. At least 80% of the things the kid said involved "I'm gonna get her." while trying to pounce on Alice.4. We learned the beauty of a monkey vest, even if it felt like we were walking a dog 90% of the time. A dog that yelled "I'm gonna get her!"5.

Beccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-77164892549544894292009-10-16T11:53:00.003-05:002009-10-16T12:05:35.552-05:00

It was a success! (From what I have been told at least) . We used the big legos (Mega Blocks) and built a tower/castle. Each piece had a song listed on it. We repeated a couple of songs since we let kids choose their favorites as a few of the options, but they didn't seem to mind.We prepped for 25 kids, but there were only 22 plus moms (and a couple of people I think were grandparents). And not

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Beccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279265269481099151.post-65137873470539356482009-10-15T14:50:00.002-05:002009-10-15T14:57:54.024-05:00

Today Daniel dropped the car off to have an oil change before we go to Omaha to the temple this weekend.He got a phone call within 30 minutes of getting to work. The ball joint (or something similar in name) was totally shot. The guy said he could move it 1 1/2 inches with his finger. He would let us take the car, but he wanted us to get it fixed ASAP since any bump could cause the wheel to blow

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