Archive for February, 2010
this post brought to you by the letter “c”
1. Caulk
We caulked the shower over the weekend. Were quite pleased with ourselves but today it kind of peeled off. So back to the drawing board?
2. Chickens
Never underestimate the power of a to-do list. We are now the proud owners of three Black Australorp chicks. Working on more/better photos but these will have to suffice [...]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 10:56 pm in pets | 8 Comments »
snail condo
Combining my new photography skillz and new pet-keeping skillz in one swell foop! (We’re totally ready for chickens now, right?)
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 1:36 pm in pets | 3 Comments »
my to-do list
1. This blog needs an overhaul. Seriously. The platform behind this bad-boy is so old, there are dinosaurs in a room somewhere pushing rocks up a hill to power it. The guys at Bluehost weren’t even born yet. A redesign would be fun too. A new name? Hmmmm….
2. Join a gym. Or exercise. Something. SERIOUSLY. [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 6:55 pm in just me | 4 Comments »
just a day
Need to get back into the habit of writing more often. Start with today, see what happens?
Tonight I went to my first “Parents Action Group” meeting at the preschool. Maybe an agenda item should have been what to rename the group. My sense is that it grew out of a time when parents were frustrated [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 11:17 pm in Montessori, holidaze, preschool, toddlerhood | 2 Comments »
plane trip
Jonah’s been really into playing airplane travel lately. He gets my camera bag — which is about the size of a carryon for a toddler, and hangs it over his arm. Sometimes he fills it with the coins from his mushroom bank, chatting to himself as he marches around. “Need to PACK the money in [...]