Bbbing on the EL

I'm waiting for the train, so I thought I'd give this a try. Of course, I can't wear gloves and thumb-type, so my hands a freezing.
We had a bit of a rough night last night. Julia has been waking up more often, and when she cries she often wakes up Dora. We are probably going to cry it out soon with her--she has been a bit below her growth curve so we have been holding off.

Train's here--more later.

Test BlackberryBlog

Since I now have a Blackberry for work, and I can can blog to an email address, I thought I would try out mobile wireless blogging. Unfortunately, most of my free time for BBBing will be on the El, which means you'll mainly get my musings about commuting. Oh well.

God's Monitor

I dropped into the Apple store today, which is quite a strange place. If you walk into the back you'd be hard-pressed to convince someone that it's a computer store -- whole sections are given over to the Ipod and its accessories. But there are still quite a few computer items, including...

God's Monitor!

This monitor was the sort of thing God must use to run the world. It was huge -- at least three feet wide and maybe two feet tall! I have a 19 inch monitor and it must have been two of them side by side at least. And the picture was very nice as well. But the sheer size was what grabbed me.

The funniest thing was that the computer price tag was $3499, which is only a couple hundred bucks more than the most expensive computer I've bought. I could have bought this bad boy a few years ago (ok, maybe 10) if I hadn't had kids, and gotten married (two different problems.) Hmm... I hear the Megamillions is way up.

A day off

It's amazing to think that today (MLK day) is what all our weekends were like before we had the Two Girls. Having a day at home without having to take care of the kids seems like a vacation, whereas before we took it entirely for granted.

We have completed a total toy rotation, which we have to do from time to time, or we'll be buried in toys. Also moved a bunch of junk out to the garage. Any vertical surface in our house acquires junk -- ours happens to be organized junk, so we had a pile of garage stuff.

Dora continues to amaze us with her computer skills. She can type on the keyboard, and she can play games with the mouse. She understands how to move the cursor and click on things. The only part of mousing she has trouble with is what to do when the mouse runs out of room. If she learns how to read, Margrethe has pointed out, she'll be ready to enter the workforce.

Holiday Plans

Tomorrow is Martin Luther King day, the one and only holiday of the year that we get off from work but Vicki (our daycare provider) does not. Needless to say, we fully intend to take advantage of the situation.

Our basic plan is threefold -- chores around the house, lunch at the Cheesecake Factory (and a little shopping), and playing Everquest 2. The third part is primarily about me.

Gimme that spoon, I can do it! 

First bite