to persevere: parenting stories and other geekery

Have you ever gotten those emails from American First Third bank? I always laugh at the name, because it’s so odd. Is it first? Or is it third? Make up your mind!

Today is the first last day of school for my oldest, and I can’t believe it’s been a whole school year already. I’m so proud of how far she’s come in a year. We’re looking forward to a little more flexible schedules for everyone, and we’ve got the first two weeks of July off (more or less) just to do stuff with the kids as a family. The kids have already requested Science Centre, the Museum, Ontario Place, strawberry picking… the summer seems so short, especially when it doesn’t start until the end of June! Ah well, that’s ok. We’ll get used to the rhythm soon enough, as the younger one will be starting school herself come September. And then, for 2.6 hours every morning, no one has to look after the kids. :-0

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• 10:01 At the evergreen brick works farmers market. Very busy… #
• 10:26 Score! Found a muffin that is vegan that little one can eat! #
• 11:19 Leaside Best Buy & Future Shop are both out of Wii Fit today… :-/ #
• 15:27 looking at our fishtank and wondering where our last Otocinclus has disappeared to. #
• 20:24 woo I think i breathed in a little too much charcoal smoke and ash whilst starting up the grill tonight… cough cough bleagh! #
• 20:51 yay! my otocinclus has made a reappearance in the fish tank. Had me worried for a while there. It’s a good hider. #
• 22:46 365 No. 9 Small Hands | Zooomr Photo Sharing tinyurl.com/42fq6n #
• 22:50 need to go shower to get all this ash and soot off of me. I love charcoal, I love charcoal, I love charcoal… #

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• 14:17 20080613-D200_7365_DSC7119 | Zooomr Photo Sharing tinyurl.com/6a4fkl #
• 14:45 365 No. 4 SIIG | Zooomr Photo Sharing tinyurl.com/6q5jos #
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• 14:45 365 No. 8 Bygone Era | Zooomr Photo Sharing tinyurl.com/55tk89 #
• 16:32 bouncing tracks out for a voiceover. #
• 21:24 very excited about the new Guitar Hero World Tour Edition… Rock Band has been outdone, nay I dare say perfected… #

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• 11:46 tooling around on photrade.com and liking it so far. A little glitchy sometimes, but not too bad. #
• 17:53 enjoying my free McDonald’s Iced Coffee, and something the whole family can eat (the only thing without wheat/dairy in it): French Fries! #
• 19:17 oh noes i’m a bit dizzy. I hate being sick, really. #
• 19:20 From CBC News: "6th foot found in B.C. not human, says coroners service" tinyurl.com/6owbr8 #
• 21:16 Taking some action: "The First Week of the Fight Against Bill C-61" tinyurl.com/58loxz #
• 22:18 heading to bed. hope to sleep off this sickness once and for all! #

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• 11:48 At the studio. Today’s session is a mix for the York Region Police Association choir. So botch da job, and the coppers are coming to gitcha! #
• 12:14 Er, can anyone tell me how "tweak head (slowest)" is better than "best"? Bonus points if you actually know what I’m talking about. fanks! #
• 13:05 poor mozilla.com is getting overloaded. I can’t get on! #
• 14:40 Um, is Firefox 2.0.0.14 the same as Firefox 3.0? because that’s what I just was able to download. FAIL? #
• 15:07 so tired. #
• 15:09 yay, I’m downloading the FF3 .dmg right now! #
• 15:34 somebody let me go home, please? #
• 15:52 i feel a headache coming on. #
• 16:11 oh, my ears are tired out. Last mix. Then I’m going home. #
• 22:04 it’s time for this cowboy to mosey on over to the great cattle ranch in the sky… wait, no, I just want to go to sleep. Mixed metaphors FTW #

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