OpenAppleDumb

Flight Of The Conchords - Frodo, Don't Wear The Ring

2008-06-02T15:42:00.001-04:00

good one...its the guys from BusinessTIme

Marion Enjoys the Dinosaurs

2008-03-17T23:15:00.002-04:00

Marion and Henry are both big fans of the crazy game I bought at a thrift store today, "Lost World, Jurassic Park Game".

She also does a great impression of a meat-eater with her arms all tucked up like a tiny Tyrannosaurus.

My Game Designs

2008-03-10T09:53:00.002-04:00

I've made a simple page to host my game designs, as I've recently had a lot of interest in one of my game (Zombie in my Pocket).

You can check it out here: OpenAppleDumb.com/Games

From this site you can download free print-and-play boardgames that I've designed.

Renee's Lotus Birth

2008-02-25T20:13:00.002-05:00

We gave Renee a Lotus Birth, which means we never cut her cord and instead allowed it to separate on its own time. At five days old, she was Lotus Born. The next day we did a lotus flower henna design around her brand new belly button.

Henry, On Ice

2008-02-21T22:17:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by dadidea

This has got to be one of the cutest pictures ever. I can't believe -I- took this picture, and not Keleigh.

This is on the ice in our community, we were out with a bunch of friends while Momma & Baby Renee were sleeping.

Renee Joyce

2008-02-18T23:15:00.001-05:00

At 6:16 on the morning of the 17th, Keleigh gave birth to our daughter Renee Joyce. She was born at home, in the water, into her Momma's hands. Both are doing very well. Big sister Marion and big brother Henry are getting to know her.

Thanks eBay, I Think

2008-01-30T08:13:00.000-05:00

eBay recently sent all of their sellers an email which included this:

1. Reduced Listing Fees
You asked, we listened. We're reducing Insertion Fees and adjusting Final Value Fees to lower your up-front cost to sell on eBay. You wanted free Gallery, now you've got it--plus more feature discounts.
* Lower Insertion Fees
* Making Gallery free
* Lower fees for Gallery Plus, Picture Pack, and Feature Plus

Which is great (listing fees for low priced starting items went from $.35 to $.20, or something like that, putting an important picture in went from $.25 to free. Great.

However, the Final Value Fee (which is the charge they take from whatever price the item sells for) went way up, 66% up from 5.25% yo 8.75%. So if I sell an item for $25 it would have cost me $1.31, now it's $2.18 ($.87 cents more). So...thanks for the price increase.

Punks. Trying to sell me on selling more stuff.

Time To Shave

2008-01-19T00:16:00.000-05:00

Late Night Insulation

2008-01-15T01:40:00.001-05:00

Yesterday's Video

2008-01-15T01:33:00.001-05:00

So, You Wanted More Words, Eh?

2008-01-12T00:26:00.000-05:00

Marion and Daddy, in the Attic

2007-12-31T08:41:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by dadidea

Marion is crazy about the attic space. She knows where the rooms are going to be, and she wants to be upstairs hammering with me.

We're discussing how best to reinforce the subfloor here. I'm not sure she believes my advice is the best.

Just When You Thought it was Safe

2007-08-29T08:30:00.000-04:00

Turns out, it's not yet time to put the toilet paper back in reach of Henry.

A New Post!

2007-08-22T11:42:00.001-04:00

Okay, so this doesn't *really* count since this is Keleigh posting, not Jeremiah - but it is a cute picture of Henry! I call this his "money face" since he's holding a giant wad of cash that I made at a festival with my henna booth. He's trying to give me a fake smile, and other than just closing his eyes, this is what he came up with.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Henry

2007-06-13T14:55:00.000-04:00

Wow! Two years, is that even possible? Henry's the baby, isn't he?

Happy Third Birthday, Marion

2007-05-31T09:03:00.000-04:00

Wow, the little crouching smiler is three years old today. Is this even possible?

Here's a link to last year's birthday post (when I had more time to do this kind of thing). It has her birthday pictures all together.

A Man's Life at Touchstone

2007-05-17T08:17:00.000-04:00

Life really is good here at Touchstone Cohousing. I get the chance to interact with other men, daily, on a deeper level than simply being co-workers allows. I have male friends that are over fifty, and friends still in their teens. It's good to have friends close-by.

I have more reasons I'd like to write up, and I hope to get a couple of things here in the near future about this topic. Look for it soon.

Outdoor Adventures

2007-05-04T21:28:00.000-04:00

Henry and Marion (and parents) went on a canoe trip. We had a great time, and nobody went in the water. We took some pictures with my camera phone, we got Henry, but not Marion:

Then we went on a walk in the woods, and experienced all sorts of fun new things.

Who doesn't want to climb trees?

Henry leads us off the trail!

Zoo Visit Fun

2007-04-24T23:06:00.000-04:00

Flag Parade

2007-04-21T09:04:00.000-04:00

Funtastic time at Touchstone Cohousing.

Looking Forward to . . .

2007-04-16T08:21:00.000-04:00

This is what I have to look forward to, with the spring coming, with Marion and Henry becoming even closer friends, and with the world opening up to them. These are the days I'll remember, the days that make me cry from their beauty, their fond memory. This is life.

The Wisdom of Scouts

2007-04-12T08:30:00.000-04:00

Every time I put sugar on my cereal (which isn't that often, only when I have Grape Nuts) the same memory goes through my mind. At Boy Scout camp in the morning, one of my good friend's older brother, Brett, was standing next to me as I put sugar on my cereal, and then milk. I said something like "shoot, all the sugar went to the bottom". To which he replied, "That's why you always pour your milk before you put the sugar on, that way it sticks to the top."

I remember thinking, "Wow, he's so wise. There must be hundreds of these kinds of living-wisdom things that I don't know yet."

I was probably eight years old, and he was eleven or so.

I still put my sugar on first.

Marion Has A Goat

2007-04-10T08:09:00.001-04:00

Who knew it was possible for a less-than three year old to own a goat? Well, as it turns out, Marion is the proud owner of a goat, who will be raised at Grandma Chicken's (my mom) farm. If I remember correctly, the proceeds from the sale of this goat when it's older will be put aside for Marion (college, car, trip to goat-city? I forget which).

Not many girls around here can say they have a goat of their own. Quite a lucky girl. The first question she asked when she saw the picture was, "Where's Henry's goat?" There's a goat on the way for Henry, it just has to be born.

Marion chose to name it Amalthea, which is the name of the unicorn in The Last Unicorn, when she's turned into a woman. She also said, "Now I sing a goat song; This goat is for me and Henry, the doggies have two feet, and the kitties have two feet, but not this year, cus I have two socks."

Super-Kiddos

2007-04-09T15:28:00.000-04:00

Aren't our hood-things super cute? They look like super-hero outfits too.

Morning Poses

2007-04-06T09:19:00.000-04:00

Henry works on his drawings, seriously, you know.

Marion says, "I'm a buddha." Wow, so quick to enlightenment.